G8: AI and OEHS Ethics

Greater Columbus Convention Center 

Room: A 125 

CM Credit Hours: 1 

OEHS professionals are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) tools in their professional practice. While these tools can improve productivity their use is not without risk. Care must be taken to validate the information provided and to ensure that data is collected and used in an ethical manner. This presentation will address some key ethical considerations in OEHS use of AI including but not limited to: a) data privacy; b) bias and fairness; c) accountability and transparency; d) equipment use; e) human supervision; f) decision making; and g) human vs AI authored content. AI models are trained on massive datasets generated by scraping various sources which are used in iterative cycles of model improvement. The AI can then predict which word follows the next in any given sentence. At the current state of AI evolution, this provides the ability to write plausible-sounding statements that are often surprisingly accurate. Even with optimized prompts, responses cannot be accepted at face value. AI systems do not inherently possess knowledge or facts in the way humans understand them. AI is optimized to provide the response based on its training data, not the most correct one. Unwarranted user confidence in the output they receive has already had real-world consequences. Lawsuits have been filed relating to allegedly fabricated results and it would be easy to imagine the consequences of trusting AI to create an emergency response plan without appropriate technical review.

This session will fulfill the CIH ethics requirements for certification and recertification.

Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

• Discuss the ethical concerns of AI use in OEHS.
• Determine how to mitigate the risks of AI use.
• Utilize real-world examples of the value and potential dangers of AI use. 

Intermediate

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