Week 6 Assignment: Domain-Specific AI Application Analysis

Week 6 Assignment: Domain-Specific AI Application Analysis#

Due: End of Week 6 | Format: Analytical report with multimedia | Length: 800-1000 words + visuals

📝 Assignment Overview#

Choose a domain where AI is being deployed (healthcare, criminal justice, education, finance, etc.) and conduct a comprehensive analysis of benefits, risks, and ethical implications for different stakeholders.

📋 Instructions#

Domain Selection#

Choose one domain:

• Healthcare: Diagnostic AI, drug discovery, personalized medicine, robotic surgery
• Criminal Justice: Risk assessment, policing, sentencing, parole decisions
• Education: Personalized learning, essay grading, student performance prediction
• Finance: Loan decisions, fraud detection, algorithmic trading
• Employment: Hiring, performance evaluation, scheduling
• Transportation: Autonomous vehicles, traffic management, logistics
• Your choice (get instructor approval)

Analysis (800-1000 words)#

1. The Application (150 words)

• What specific AI application(s) in this domain?
• What problem does it solve?
• How does it work (in accessible terms)?
• Who benefits from its use?

2. Stakeholders & Impacts (200 words) Analyze impacts on different groups:

• Users/patients/clients: What’s the benefit? What are the risks?
• Workers: Is automation displacing jobs? Augmenting work?
• Providers/organizations: What are incentives to deploy AI?
• Society: What broader implications?
• Consider how impacts vary across demographics (class, race, gender, geography, etc.)

3. Ethical Issues (200 words)

• What ethical principles are relevant? (autonomy, fairness, transparency, accountability, etc.)
• What tensions or tradeoffs exist?
• What could go wrong?
• Who is most vulnerable to harm?

4. Regulatory & Governance (200 words)

• What regulations currently apply?
• Are they adequate? What gaps exist?
• What accountability mechanisms exist?
• What more needs to be done?

5. Your Informed Perspective (250 words)

• Based on your analysis, should this AI be deployed more widely, paused, or heavily regulated?
• What conditions would make it more acceptable?
• What’s your reasoning?
• What questions remain?

📌 Required Elements#

• Main Report: 800-1000 words
• Visuals: At least 1-2 charts, diagrams, or infographics
• Case Study: Include 1-2 real-world examples (successes or failures)
• References: At least 8-10 sources (mix of academic, policy, and journalism)

📌 Rubric#

💡 Tips for Success#

• Interview or survey people in this domain if possible
• Use peer-reviewed research alongside current reporting
• Visualize complex tradeoffs
• Avoid jargon; explain technical concepts clearly
• Present multiple perspectives fairly before offering your own

📤 Submission#

Submit as a PDF report (with embedded visuals) via D2L by 11:59 PM on [Due Date].

Alternatively, submit as: presentation slides + speaker notes, or website/document with multimedia embedded.

Questions? Schedule office hours or post in Q&A forum.