The Data Privacy Trade-off card

Societal Impacts

Data Privacy Trade-off

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Using a "free" AI tool often means trading personal data for convenience.

In real life

Many free apps are paid for with data about what you do, which can be used to target ads or train AI.

Try it (2 minutes)

Pick a free app you use. What do you think it learns about you? Would you pay a dollar a month to keep that private?

Talk about it

What’s a "free" app you use that’s probably paid for with your data?

In the game

It costs 2 Data to play, and you can put it in your Training Set. It has Capability 2 (how hard it hits) and Trust 1 (how many Flags it can take), and scores 2 Tokens each time it Runs a Task. How to play