IPA IP 2023 Question 34

Topic: Legal Affairs

A question IPA Japan published in 令和5年度 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問34, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.

Among the descriptions A through C, which of the following lists all and only those that are stated in the “Social Principles of Human-Centric AI” as matters that society should keep in mind in order for AI to be accepted by society and used appropriately?

AIn using AI, AI itself must be made more advanced so that AI, rather than people judging and deciding how to use it, can judge and decide autonomously.BThe use of AI must not infringe on the fundamental human rights guaranteed by the Constitution and international norms.CIn order to spread AI at an early stage, systems for people who have advanced information literacy must be realized first, and thereafter AI must be developed in stages so that systems that let information-disadvantaged people also enjoy the benefits of AI are realized.

Explanation

Only item B — of the three, only the rule that AI must not infringe fundamental human rights is in the Social Principles of Human-Centric AI.

Japan’s Cabinet Office set out the Social Principles of Human-Centric AI in 2019. Their first principle, the Human-Centric Principle, says that the use of AI must not infringe on the fundamental human rights guaranteed by the Constitution and international norms. It also says that people judge and decide how AI is used, and that AI must not create information-disadvantaged people: systems should be easy to use so that everyone can enjoy the benefits of AI.

  • •A — reverses the principle: people, not AI, judge and decide how AI is used
  • •B — stated in the Human-Centric Principle
  • •C — serving people with advanced literacy first and the information-disadvantaged later is what the principles rule out; everyone is to benefit

Answer (c)

Why not others:

  • •(a) and (b) — include A, which hands the decisions to AI instead of people
  • •(d) — includes C, a staged rollout that leaves information-disadvantaged people behind

Key rule: Human-centric AI: people decide how AI is used, fundamental human rights come first, and the benefits reach everyone, not the most literate first.

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