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○Lesson 231Where Bias in AI Actually Comes From
○Lesson 232When AI Decides Something That Matters
○Lesson 233Copyright and AI: Who Owns What?
○Lesson 234AI and Homework: Where Is the Honest Line?
○Lesson 235Misinformation at Industrial Scale
○Lesson 236Your Data Is Somebody's Training Fuel
○Lesson 237The Environmental Cost of Training a Big Model
○Lesson 238Kids, AI, and the Rights That Should Matter
○Lesson 823Scalable Oversight: Watching Models Smarter Than You
○Lesson 827Process Supervision: Grading the Work, Not the Answer
○Lesson 833Circuits in Neural Networks
○Lesson 835Logit Lens: Peeking at Predictions Mid-Forward-Pass
○Lesson 839Compute Thresholds: Regulating by FLOPs
○Lesson 843Federal Procurement and AI
○Lesson 848Japan's Soft-Law AI Framework
○Lesson 1522Homework With AI: Helpful Tutor vs. Sneaky Shortcut
○Lesson 1525YouTube and TikTok Algorithms: What AI Is Choosing For You
○Lesson 2493What Alignment Actually Is
○Lesson 2494Specification Gaming: When the Model Wins the Wrong Way
○Lesson 2495Red-Teaming: People Paid to Break AI
○Lesson 2496Jailbreaks: The Families You Will See
○Lesson 2497Prompt Injection: The Agent Era's SQL Injection
○Lesson 2498Provenance: How the Internet Plans to Label AI Content
○Lesson 2499The EU AI Act in Plain English
○Lesson 2500Bletchley, Seoul, Paris: How Countries Talk About AI
○Lesson 2501Catastrophic Risk, Without the Panic
○Lesson 2502Your Own AI Safety: When to Trust, When to Check
○Lesson 25400AI, Authenticity, and Why Online Honesty Matters
○Lesson 25401Giving Credit When AI Helped You Make Something
○Lesson 25402AI Uses A Lot of Energy: Is That Okay?
○Lesson 25403When AI Bias Causes Real Harm: Why It Matters
○Lesson 25404Who Controls the AI? Why That Matters for Society
○Lesson 27300Stay Genuine When AI Can Make Anyone Sound Polished
○Lesson 27301The 'Would This Help or Hurt' Test for AI Use
○Lesson 27302Talk With Friends Who Use AI Differently Than You
○Lesson 27304The 'What Would Future Me Think' AI Test
○Lesson 28800Think About Future You Before Doing Anything With AI
Lesson 28801Consent and AI: Always Ask Before Using Others' Stuff
○Lesson 28802Give Honest Credit When AI Helped
○Lesson 28803Sometimes the Hard Thing Is the Right Thing — Even With AI
○Lesson 28804Stay a Lifelong Learner About AI (Things Will Change)
○Lesson 31300AI and Deepfake Friends: When a Joke Crosses a Line
○Lesson 31301AI and Voting Info: Spotting Election Misinformation
○Lesson 31302AI and Mental Health Bots: When AI Is Not a Therapist
○Lesson 31303AI and Romance Scams: Spotting AI on the Other Side
○Lesson 31304AI and the Data You Give Up: What Free Apps Really Cost
○Lesson 31305AI and Classmate Comparison: When Everyone Sounds Polished
○Lesson 31306AI and Art Style Theft: When Models Learn From Living Artists
○Lesson 31307AI and School Surveillance: When the Software Is Watching
○Lesson 31308AI and Job Screening: When the Resume Robot Decides
○Lesson 31309AI and Being the Good Friend: Calling Out Harmful AI Use

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Consent and AI: Always Ask Before Using Others' Stuff

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Consent and AI: Always Ask Before Using Others' Stuff

Before using AI on someone else's photo, voice, or work — ASK. Consent matters more in the AI era, not less.

BuildersEthics & Society~4 min readBI2 · Representation & ReasoningBI3 · LearningPrint / PDF

Big idea

Before using AI on someone else's photo, voice, or work — ASK. Consent matters more in the AI era, not less.

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1The big idea
2consent
3permission
4ethics

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Section 1

The big idea

AI makes it tempting to use other people's stuff (photos, voices, work). DON'T without asking. Consent is the rule. Especially for AI use, where the consequences can be big.

Some examples

Want to AI-edit a friend's photo? ASK.
Want to use a sibling's voice in an AI project? ASK.
Want to remix someone's art with AI? ASK.
Want to put a parent's face in an AI tool? ASK.

The rule

Permission first. Always. The 5 seconds it takes is worth way more than the regret of crossing a line.

Check-in 1. Got it so far?

Try it!

Understanding "Consent and AI: Always Ask Before Using Others' Stuff" in practice: Understanding AI in this area gives you a real advantage in how you work and think. Before using AI on someone else's photo, voice, or work — ASK. Consent matters more in the AI era, not less — and knowing how to apply this gives you a concrete advantage.

Apply consent in your ethics workflow to get better results
Apply permission in your ethics workflow to get better results
Apply ethics in your ethics workflow to get better results

Key takeaway

The best way to cement Consent and AI: Always Ask Before Using Others' Stuff is to apply it immediately. Find a real task in your work and test the approach within 24 hours.

Check-in 2. Got it so far?

1Apply Consent and AI: Always Ask Before Using Others' Stuff in a live project this week
2Write a short summary of what you'd do differently after learning this
3Share one insight with a colleague

Key insight

Before using AI on someone else's photo, voice, or work — ASK. Consent matters more in the AI era, not less. The best way to learn is to practice.

You did it!

Great work — you just leveled up.

Check-in 3. Got it so far?

Key terms in this lesson

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