Research Proposal

Student name: Tony Li Date of proposal: 6 March 2024

Research question:

What are the moral dilemmas behind AI technology, and to what extend should it’s development and
implementation be restricted?

Reasons for interest in this area of research:

Looks at ethics, psychology, science, technology, all fields that I am very interested in.

Specific aspects (sub questions) of the topic to be researched – a breakdown of your research
question:

1. What is AI technology?

2. What are the risks of the technology? What are the benefits?

3. How can AI technology be restricted? How much does this hinder its benefits?

4. Considering its risks, as well as its benefits and opportunities, to what extend should AI technology
be limited and restricted?

Selected Capability/s – maximum of 2 (include reasoning for this Capability) and will need to get it to just
one capability eventually

Literacy

Information and Technology

Identify research processes that may be appropriate to the question – with reasons

- Look at various case studies in selected industries.

- Clearly define key terminology

- Look at projections of the future from various viewpoints.

- Interview with professionals across various fields.

- Look at different universities/facilities, analyze their guidelines on AI

Safety & Ethics: Outline any possible issues and how you intend to ensure your research is safe & ethical

- Misinformation
Due to the topic being recent, extra care needs to be taken when researching the task to avoid
misinformation or inaccurate sources. As well, need to take care to avoid putting misinformation in actual
project.

- Biases

Need to avoid putting subjective information and opinions in report as fact.

- Acquire information through legal and legitimate methods.

Avoid pirating and plagiarising sources.

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General proposed timeline

Term/week Activity or task Check

T1 week 5 Finalize Lotus Diagram

T1 week 7 General research across the field, narrow down interest/subtopics. Start work
on planning documents

Ti week 9 Formal discussions (1) commence

Should finish most planning documents. Question finalized. Start preliminary
research.
T1 week 11 General research begins. Look to complete source analysis

End of T1
holidays Primary research near finality
T2 week 2
Start to plan interviews, scout out other sources if need be
T2 week 4
Start templating main project
T2 week 6 Formal discussions (2) commence

Finish template of main project with all relevant subtopics, thesis, introduction
T2 week 8 Begin work on main project. Tackle each subtopic one at a time, recording
sources on bibliography along the way

T2 week 9 Work on main project

End of T2 Aim to finalize most of main project.

holidays
T3 week 1 Draft folio due

First draft of folio due. Review each planning document.

T3 week 4 Final folio (and portfolio) due

Submit portfolio, begin finalizing main project

T3 week 5 Begin proof reading main project. Take note to view project from an outsider
perspective and as a holistic piece of work.

T3 week 6 Draft outcome due

Take note of feedback and review outcome

T3 week 7 More drafting if possible, review. Begin evaluation if finished early.

T3 week 8 Final outcome due

T3 week 9 Draft evaluation due

Finalize evaluation, submit for draft.

T3 week 10 Take note of feedback, and review accordingly. Again, view evaluation as a
holistic project, and be critical with evidence.
End of T3 Finalise evaluation
holidays
Finalize

T4 week 2 RP final evaluation due – first lesson of week

SUBMIT