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Demystifying AI, Understanding Risks, and Shaping the Future
Microcredential
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Description:
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Course Description: This course provides students with the real-world knowledge they need to navigate the risks of AI and how it’s changing the technology landscape. Students will break AI down into engaging, accessible concepts and explore the ethics of AI through real-world examples.
Prerequisites: None
Learning Outcome:
– Explain the history of AI research and why deep learning became the dominant approach
– Explain, in a non-technical way, how deep learning works
– Outline various risks of AI, including both speculative dangers and more tangible and immediate risks to the economy, the labor market, and civil society
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History of Artificial Intelligence |
| Module 2 |
A Crash Course on Deep Learning |
| Module 3 |
The Singularity and Other Speculative Fears |
| Module 4 |
The Immediate Risks of Artificial Intelligence |
Faculty: David Peterson
Registration in this course is subject to the Purdue University Online Non-Credit Policies.
SECTION DETAILS
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Course:
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POL 599-00
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Term:
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26FY
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Section Number:
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1
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Schedule Number:
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29320
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Instructor(s):
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