Edinburgh University | EdX Data Ethics, AI and Responsible Innovation | 15 hours study
Sarah Ennett; “You need to be aware that there are two options for this course, a free track and one that costs $59. You can do the course for free but it is time limited and once it is up you are frozen out (though do still have the option to upgrade if you so wish with your progress save). I found it really interesting and fast paced with a good mix of video and reading.”
From the Data Ethics, AI and Responsible Innovation page;
- Week 1: Ethics and Law – What are ethical values? Can we rely on legal regulation? What are the most pressing issues facing data driven industries?
- Week 2: Crime and Justice – Should we use predictive policing and sentencing algorithms? How can biases sneak into such algorithms? How can we remove them?
- Week 3: Home and City – What are the promises of smart homes and cities? How can they impact our privacy and freedom? How can we design them to protect those values?
- Week 4: Money and Markets – Can future tech lead to a world without money? Can algorithms help us fairly distribute resources? How could we design a fair AI?
- Week 5: Life and Health – Should we keep genetic databanks? Would you trust an AI doctor? What are the principles of responsible research and innovation?
Whether you are an entrepreneur wanting to learn how to better design your systems, a data scientist looking to develop new solutions, or simply a citizen of the modern world hoping to gain a better understanding of the challenges we face in the age of big data, we hope you will find this course interesting and thought-provoking.