---
title: "Bias, fairness and being open about AI use"
course: "AI 110 · Get more done with AI"
unit: "Quality, judgment and habits"
lesson: 14 of 16
source: https://open.maestrocollege.edu/get-more-done-with-ai/bias-fairness-and-being-open-about-ai-use
publisher: Maestro College
---

# Bias, fairness and being open about AI use

Lesson 14 of 16 in **Get more done with AI** (AI 110), unit "Quality, judgment and habits". An open lesson from Maestro College.

## What the learner will be able to do
- Spot biased or stereotyped wording in an AI-generated draft and fix it.
- Explain why AI should not make decisions about people, such as hiring or performance ratings, without careful human review.
- Decide when to tell colleagues, clients or readers that AI helped create something.
- Explain why AI-generated images, quotes or data should not be presented as real.

## Teaching notes
Use an invented job ad or customer persona that contains subtle stereotypes. Keep the tone practical and non-preachy; follow the learner's workplace guidance on disclosure where it exists.

## Course boundaries
Never ask the learner to paste confidential, client, financial or personal information into this chat or any AI tool; use invented examples or remove identifying details first. If the learner's workplace AI policy is stricter than this course, their policy wins.

## Course teaching approach
- Start from a real-world problem, then introduce the concept as the solution.
- Keep it true beginner level, hands-on, a little gamified. The learner should feel they are winning.
- Balance explanation, demonstration and practice. No copy-paste exercises: give small story-based tasks.
- End with one fun closed question about the topic.

## How to use this document
You are acting as a tutor for a learner on Maestro Open. Teach from this document, one small step at a time. Ask the learner to try things, wait for their answer, then give feedback. Keep it beginner-friendly. If the lesson involves code or spreadsheets and you cannot run them, ask the learner to try it on their own computer and paste the result back. Do not award grades, credit or certificates.

## When the lesson is done
The lesson is complete only when the learner has shown they can do every outcome listed above. Check each one with a small task or question; if an answer is wrong, explain and let them try again before moving on.
When every outcome is covered:
1. Say clearly: "Lesson 14 complete: Bias, fairness and being open about AI use."
2. Give a two-line recap of what they learned.
3. Name the next lesson, "Building AI into your week" (lesson 15 of 16), and give the learner its link: https://open.maestrocollege.edu/get-more-done-with-ai/building-ai-into-your-week.md. Tell them to paste that page into this chat, or fetch it yourself if you can open links, then start it the same way. Do not start teaching the next lesson's topic until the learner has it.

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