Treat consent as excluding non-user impacts: Which assumption must be rejected?
Consent and system non-use do not exclude people who may experience allocation impacts.
The question
A housing administrator uses AI to rank applications. The administrator’s documented rationale says that applicant consent permits impact analysis to cover applicants only. Household members and nearby residents may experience consequences without using the system. Which assumption must be rejected?
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- Treat consent as excluding non-user impacts. ✓Applicant consent does not remove the need to assess impacts on household members, nearby residents, or other affected people.
- Use applicants as the primary assessment population.Applicants are a relevant population, but the scenario requires considering other people who may experience consequences.
- Expand historical application data before assessing affected people.Additional data might support development, but it does not resolve the incorrect assumption about who may be affected.
- Classify household members as operators who must approve the ranking system.Household members may be affected non-users, but the facts do not make them operators or approvers.
The trap
Separate system users from people who bear consequences of system-supported decisions. How to remember it
Consent and system non-use do not exclude people who may experience allocation impacts.
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