Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (POK)

The MOOC addresses these topics by means of case studies and examples analyzed in the light of the main ethical frameworks.

The course is organized in 4 weeks.

Week 1: Ethics, AI and Responsibility

Week 2: Case-studies, examples and ethical frameworks

Week 3: Issues and challenges

Week 4: Governance and policies

In particular, from Week 1 to Week 4 you will explore aspects of ethics related to Artificial Intelligence. In particular, Week 1 introduces the concepts of ethics, AI and moral responsibility, explaining why it is necessary to consider ethical issues in AI and the relationship between responsibility and AI; Week 2 and 3 explore different ethical frameworks, case studies, examples, such as digital medicine, sustainability, cybersecurity, analyze privacy in relation to AI and the so called moralizing technologies and their issues. Week 4 introduces some of the issues about governance of AI and presents some of the current policies for AI.

By actively participating in this MOOC, you will achieve different intended learning outcomes (ILOs).

Week 1:

Describe the reasons for an ethical analysis applied to AI.

Recognize how the notion of responsibility is challenged when designing and using AI tools.

Week 2:

Identify the ethical and social impacts and implications of AI.

Recognize and analyze ethical and social issues inherent in AI by means of examples and case-studies analyzed with the use of the main ethical frameworks.

Week 3:

Learn how to analyze problems through an ethical lens.

Use critical skills in clarifying and ethically analyzing AI in different domains of life.

Week 4:

Critically analyze the current policies for AI.

Use ethical and socially responsible principles in your professional life.