Welcome: The Responsible AI Playbook

Learning Objectives Understand why AI ethics matters for everyone who uses AI, not just researchers Know what this playbook covers and how it differs from academic ethics courses Feel equipped to start reasoning through AI ethical dilemmas you encounter Why Ethics Is Not Optional Every time you use AI, you are making ethical choices — whether you realize it or not. When you paste a colleague's email into ChatGPT for help drafting a response, you are making a decision about their privacy. When you submit AI-assisted work without disclosure, you are making a decision about honesty. When you use AI to screen job applicants, you are making a decision about fairness. When you share AI-generated content without checking its accuracy, you are making a decision about truth. These are not hypothetical dilemmas for philosophy professors. They are decisions that real people make every day, often without thinking about them as ethical choices at all. This playbook helps you think about them — not by telling you what is right and wrong, but by giving you frameworks to reason through these situations yourself. What You Will Learn Eight lessons that build practical ethical reasoning: AI ethics fundamentals — bias, fairness, accountability, and transparency AI bias in practice — real-world examples, how to recognize it, and what you can do AI's impact on society — economic disruption, privacy, democracy, and information integrity The ethics of AI-generated content — copyright, attribution, deepfakes, and disclosure AI ethics at work — making ethical AI decisions…