AI 7000: Ethics in Artificial Intelligence

3 Credit Hours
As the field of artificial intelligence grows, so does the need for strong ethical guidelines. Students learn foundational ethical theories, frameworks, and origins within artificial intelligence. Using case studies and readings students explore ethical dilemmas around the collection, management, use of data, models, and algorithms, and the future of artificial intelligence. Students prepare an ethics statement. Topics include Privacy, Informed Consent, Ownership, Security, Bias, Misinformation, Data Governance and Codes of Ethics.