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Day 2: Recommendation Systems + Incentives

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AI ETHICS COUNCIL · DAY 2 OF 10

Recommendation Systems: Follow the Incentive

Find what the system rewards, who benefits, and who becomes less visible.

  • Topic: incentives + visibility
  • Time: one class period
  • Turn in: stakeholder map, rule redesign, and tradeoff

AI Ethics Council Casebook

Use the same casebook for all ten days. Earlier evidence stays available during the hearing and code-writing days.

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Today’s learning

Use the Council Lens: What decision? Who has power? Who is affected? What is the evidence? What check would make the system more accountable?

Today’s task

  1. Choose one teacher-approved recommendation system.
  2. Name what it appears to maximize, such as watch time, clicks, purchases, or completion.
  3. Map three direct and three indirect stakeholders.
  4. Change one rule in the system.
  5. Name who gains, who loses attention or money, and what new problem the redesign could create.

Casebook checkpoint

Complete page 3. Keep the complete casebook for the final council decision.

Success criteria

  • ✓ Six distinct stakeholders are included
  • ✓ Power and impact are not treated as the same thing
  • ✓ The redesign changes a specific rule
  • ✓ The tradeoff names a real cost
Use this sentence stem:
The system is designed to maximize _____. That benefits _____, but it can make _____ less visible because _____.

Word bank: algorithm · maximize · recommendation · stakeholder · visibility · tradeoff

If you get stuck

  • Follow how the organization benefits to find what the system may maximize.
  • Include people who never open the app but are affected by its recommendations.
  • A redesign where everyone wins probably leaves out a stakeholder.

Before you submit

  • Upload a readable copy of page 3. You may submit a document, PDF, photo, or short video walkthrough using the options your teacher enables.
  • Keep your complete casebook; later days require evidence from earlier pages.