[Term 2 Week 1&2] Understanding AI in Decision Making 2025

What are the five key sectors of Singapore's AI strategy?

• Agriculture, Music, Sports, Transport, Finances

• Transport, Healthcare, Education, Smart Cities, Financial Services

• Manufacturing, Sports, Transport, Finances, Arts

• Tourism, Healthcare, Education, Military, Arts

How does AI assist in decision making?

• AI only provides entertainment

• AI enhances decision making through data analysis, predictive analytics, and automation.

• AI is solely used for data storage

• AI replaces human intuition entirely

Can AI be biased in its recommendations?

• AI recommendations are based solely on data without bias.

• AI can only be biased if programmed to be.

• AI recommendations are always unbiased.

• Yes, AI can be biased in its recommendations.

What types of decisions do people make daily that may involve AI?

• Selecting a pet based on breed popularity

• Deciding on a movie based on box office earnings

• Daily decisions involving AI include personal finance management, health tracking, shopping recommendations, navigation, and communication assistance.

• Choosing a vacation destination based on weather forecasts

Why is it important to consider the ethics of AI?

• Ensure fairness, accountability, and transparency, and to prevent harm.

• Considering AI ethics slows down innovation.

• AI ethics are irrelevant to technology development.

• Ethics of AI only concern programmers, not users.

In what ways can AI improve healthcare decisions?

• Enhancing diagnostics, personalizing treatments and predicting outcomes

• AI can replace all healthcare professionals entirely.

• AI only focuses on administrative tasks in hospitals.

• AI has no impact on patient outcomes or treatment plans.

How might AI influence choices in education?

• AI will make education more expensive for students.

• Personalizing learning, providing instant feedback and identifying at-risk students.

• AI will eliminate the need for teachers entirely.

• AI will only focus on standardized testing.

What role does AI play in smart cities?

• AI has no significant impact on urban planning in smart cities.

• AI is primarily used for entertainment purposes in smart cities.

• AI is mainly focused on reducing energy consumption in smart cities.

• AI plays a crucial role in optimizing operations, enhancing services, and improving quality of life in smart cities.

What are some potential risks of relying on AI for decisions?

• Improved transparency in processes

• Increased job security

• Enhanced decision-making accuracy

• Bias, lack of transparency, over-reliance and ethical concerns.

Do you think AI can make better decisions than humans? Why or why not?

• AI is incapable of processing large amounts of data.

• Humans always make the best decisions regardless of the situation.

• AI can understand human emotions better than humans.

• AI can make better decisions in data-driven contexts, but not in emotionally complex situations.