Explainability: Quiz

In the context of AI ethics, how is “interpretability” distinguished from “transparency”?

A) Interpretability is the legal right to sue a company, while transparency is the technical source code.

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B) Interpretability focuses on what a user needs to change at the input to get a different result, while transparency focuses on the internal mechanics of the system.

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C) Transparency is only for government regulators, while interpretability is only for AI researchers.

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D) There is no distinction; both terms describe the process of making software open-source.

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What is the primary difference between the industrial “many hands problem” and the AI “accountability gap”?

A) The many hands problem is a practical difficulty that can eventually be unraveled, whereas the accountability gap can be a theoretical impossibility due to the "black box" nature of AI.

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B) The many hands problem is about physical parts, while the accountability gap is about digital electricity.

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C) The accountability gap is easy to solve with better logging, while the many hands problem is legally impossible to fix.

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D) The many hands problem only applies to manual labor, while the accountability gap only applies to software engineers.

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According to the “performance-first” argument, why should we accept high-performing AI even if it is not explainable?

A) Because humans have a long history of using effective technology, like aspirin, without fully understanding how it works.

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B) Because explainability is a secret method used by competitors to steal intellectual property.

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C) Because the "right to explanation" is a modern invention that has no basis in human law or psychology.

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D) Because machines are inherently more moral than humans and do not require oversight.

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How do the epistemological views of David Hume and Immanuel Kant differ regarding what counts as “knowledge” in AI?

A) Hume believed in religious revelation, while Kant believed in mathematical probability.

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B) Hume viewed knowledge as "correspondence" or patterns (A follows B), while Kant viewed knowledge as "causality" (the underlying reason why).

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C) Kant believed only computers can have true knowledge, while Hume believed only humans are capable of it.

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D) Hume argued for a "human-in-the-loop," while Kant argued for autonomous legal personhood for machines.

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What is a significant drawback of the “Human-in-the-Loop” (Learned Intermediary) strategy for AI accountability?

A) It makes the AI model significantly less accurate by slowing down the processing speed.

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B) It is illegal under current international data protection regulations.

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C) It can defeat the purpose of automation, as constant human monitoring removes the benefit of using the AI in the first place.

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D) Humans are biologically incapable of understanding any output from a modern neural network.

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James Brusseau 12/01/2026

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