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Week 07 Β· Privacy in the Machine

Monday

What the log keeps
// What a question log reveals
⏱ about 20 min

Monday: What the Log Keeps

Librarian Joss slides page five of the SH-1 packet across the table. "The panel wants your view on this section before anything else."

Comet reads it aloud. "SH-1 keeps a log of every question with the student's name, class and time, to improve SH-1."

She taps her pencil on her sketch notebook. "More data means a better helper. That sounds great to me."

Wren lifts his clipboard. "What does the evidence say? What exactly is in each row, and who would see it?"

Nova hovers over the table and projects the section in large letters. "Would you like a hint?" she asks. "Read the row one word at a time. Ask what each word could tell someone."

Comet frowns. "Name. Class. Time. Hmm."

Wren turns to you. "You are our reviewer. Is this log fine as it is?"

Real AI check
Nova is a character in our story. Real AI is a tool people build. It does not think or feel like a person, and it can be wrong.

This week's driving question

What can a question log reveal, and what should SH-1 keep?

This week you will read a sample of the log and find what it gives away.

Then you will write the privacy section of the SH-1 model card.

Packet sectionWhat the packet says (made up)
P5 PrivacySH-1 keeps a log of every question with the student's name, class and time, to improve SH-1.

SH-1, its packet and Harbor Point High are a made-up example for this course.

What privacy protects

NIST describes privacy as the norms and practices that help protect people's autonomy, identity and dignity.

These norms cover freedom from intrusion, limits on being watched, and control over facts about yourself.

NIST says privacy values such as anonymity, confidentiality and control should guide how AI systems are designed.

Anonymity means a record does not say who you are. Confidentiality means only the right people can see it. Control means you have a say in what is kept.

WHICH PRIVACY VALUE?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Each P5 log row shows the student's name. Which value does that work against most?
The panel asks who at the builder could read the log. Which value is that about?
Students were never asked whether their questions could be kept. Which value is missing?

A generative AI privacy risk

NIST names data privacy as one of the risks of generative AI.

The risk is personal information being leaked or misused, such as health, location or biometric data.

This is row R3 in the crew's risk register. This week the crew rates it.

StatementTrue or false?
Privacy includes having control over facts about yourself.?
Anonymity, confidentiality and control should guide AI design.?
A log is private as long as it helps improve SH-1.?
Leaking personal information is one of NIST's generative AI risks.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEThese ideas are the yardstick the crew uses on the P5 log all week.
The three privacy values are anonymity, confidentiality and ____.
Freedom from intrusion and control over facts about yourself are part of ____.

Strong start, reviewer. Tomorrow you will look at the collection people never see.