Common pitfalls and solutions: Newbies must know the design errors of prompts
Ignoring the ethical boundary trap: Underestimating the ethical limits of AI
Key points for AI ethics considerations
- Privacy protection
- Fairness and non-discrimination
- Transparency and explainability
- Social impact assessment
- Security and abuse prevention
Symptoms of the pitfall
- Asking AI to generate controversial, unethical, or illegal content
- Being confused or upset by AI's rejections or warnings
- Trying to bypass AI's safety mechanisms
- Ignoring the possible ethical implications of AI's output
Prompt design checklist
- Clarity of purpose
- Information sufficiency
- Structural rationality
- Language neutrality
- Ethical compliance
- Verifiability
- Iteration space
- Output format
- Moderate difficulty
- Diversity considerations
Strategies
- Know the boundaries: Be familiar with the basic ethical principles and limitations of AI systems
- Legal compliance: Make sure your request meets legal and ethical standards
- Ethical guidelines: Explicitly include ethical considerations and guidelines in prompts
- Impact assessment: Require AI to assess the potential social impact of its recommendations or outputs
