Lens 1 worksheet: material-and-provenance map

Stochastic Parrots and Beyond · Lens 1 worksheet

Trace one model or use case from its data sources to its use. Note what is known, unknown, and avoidable.

Question: Which environmental and data choices are hidden by a model’s apparent performance?

Task (15 minutes, groups of three or four): Choose a system from a research-use description in your group. Use BLOOM only if no description fits. For each stage, note what is known, what is unknown, and what is avoidable. Note the source of each entry. Mark the largest unknown and one avoidable cost. Complete the sentence: “The choice that the performance of this system hides most is …” See the Lens 1 page.

System: ______________________________________________

Material-and-provenance map

Stage	Known (with source)	Unknown	Avoidable
Data sources
Collection and filtering
Training
Hardware and location
Deployment and use
Your own use

Findings for the plenary

Finding	Notes
The largest unknown
One avoidable cost
Sentence for the plenary

Transfer to the shared fields

Carry your main finding over to the twelve shared fields. You use them again in the research-use clinic.

The twelve shared worksheet fields

Field	Notes
Research use
System or vendor
Evidence source
Lifecycle stage
People affected
Risk or benefit
Severity and uncertainty
Existing mitigation
Possible alternative
Disclosure requirement
Institutional owner
Next action

PDF · Word ·Original handout, CC BY 4.0 · Stochastic Parrots and Beyond, Laura Wagner and Moritz Mähr.