Building Ethical AI Competencies in STEM Education

The importance of AI ethics in STEM education is to train future technologists on how to create socially useful and responsible AI systems. It focuses on the incorporation of governance systems, transparency, and responsible innovation into the school curricula. Governance guarantees responsible behavior and ethical control, whereas transparency guarantees trust in the form of explainable and impartial AI systems. Responsible innovation informs the creation of technologies that balance between development and welfare of the society. The inclusion of these principles on every level of STEM education would enable students to think critically to solve the new ethical issues that will arise and make AI progress in accordance with human values and long-term sustainability.