Lesson 2: Design Thinking Meets Responsible AI
Overview
AI influences decisions in hiring, healthcare, education, and policing. Understanding how inclusive design can reduce bias helps students learn to center human needs and create fairer, more equitable technologies. Through design thinking, students explore how empathy, creativity, and ethics shape responsible AI.
After this lesson, students will be able to...
- Understand the five phases of the design thinking process.
- Apply design thinking to evaluate or improve an AI system for inclusion, accessibility, and fairness.
- Collaborate in groups to create a prototype of an AI tool that centers around diverse user needs.
- Reflect on how empathy and ethical foresight influence responsible AI design.