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About the Course

Artificial Intelligence: Ethics & Societal Challenges is a four-week course that explores ethical and societal aspects of the increasing use of artificial intelligent technologies (AI). The aim of the course is to raise awareness of ethical and societal aspects of AI and to stimulate reflection and discussion upon implications of the use of AI in society. The course consists of four modules where each module represents about one week of part-time studies. A module includes a number of lectures and readings. Each lesson finishes with a mandatory assignment in which you write a short sum-up of the most important new knowledge/insight you gained from this lesson, and review a lesson sum-up written by another student/participant. The assessments are intended to encourage learning and to stimulate reflection on ethical and societal issues of the use of AI in society. Participating in forum discussions is voluntary but strongly encouraged. In the first module, we will discuss algorithmic bias and surveillance. Is it really true that algorithms are purely logical and free from human biases or are they maybe just as biased as we are, and if they are, why is that and what can we do about it? AI in many ways makes surveillance more effective, but what does it mean to us if we are increasingly being watched in more and more sophisticated ways? Next, we will talk about the impact of AI on democracy. We discuss why democracy is important, and how AI could hamper public democratic discussion, but also how it can help improve democracy. We will for instance talk about how social media could play in the hands of authoritarian regimes and present some ideas on how to make use of AI tools to develop the functioning of democracy. A further ethical question concerns whether our treatment of AI could matter for the AIs themselves. Can artefacts be conscious? What do we even mean by “conscious”? What is the relationship between consciousness and intelligence? This is the topic of the third week of the course. In the last module we will talk about responsibility and control. If an autonomous car hits an autonomous robot, who is responsible? And who is responsible to make sure AI is developed in a safe and democratic way? The last question of the course, and maybe also the ultimate question for our species, is how to control machines that are more intelligent than we are. Our intelligence has given us a lot of power over the world we live in. Shall we really give that power away to machines and if we do, how do we stay in charge? At the end of the course, you will have · a basic understanding of the AI bias phenomenon and the role of AI in surveillance, · a basic understanding of the importance of democracy in relation to AI and acquaintance with common issues with democracy in relation to AI, · an understanding of the complexity of the concepts ‘intelligence’ and ‘consciousness’ and acquaintance with common approaches to creating artificial consciousness, · a basic understanding of the concepts of ‘forward-looking’ and ‘backward-looking responsibility’ and an acquaintance with problems connected to applying these concepts on AI, · a basic understanding of the control problem in AI and acquaintance with commonly discussed solutions to this problem, · and an ability to discuss and reflect upon the ethical and societal aspects of these issues....

Top reviews

KS

Aug 31, 2023

great introduction to AI for the average person. Good insight into the issues we will face and ways we can use democratic ways to resolve and monitor.

T

Dec 29, 2023

This is a thorough course on AI ethics from a philosophical and social perspective. It will give you a strong fundamental to understand AI ethics.

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By Paula R

Apr 26, 2022

The course itself is really good. But part of the course is to receive grade and grade peers assignment, which only a few of them were completed by other people. Meaning that you will not be graded and will not have a chance to grade others. And therefore, will not be able to conclude the course.

By Arjang R

Dec 18, 2022

the information given by the course were good, although the peer grade system is really slow and doesn't give the needed feedback and motivation for learning the material fast enough.

use a different grading system such as 4-choice question

By Leith S

Sep 1, 2023

Interesting lectures that everyone learning AI/ML should experience.

By Abdelkerim N

Mar 25, 2024

Le cours est une exploration approfondie et équilibrée des enjeux cruciaux liés au contrôle éthiques et défis sociétaux tel qu'il le prétend . Il aborde des questions éthiques complexes et des défis techniques et éthiques associés à la création de machines intelligentes et super intelligentes, tout en proposant différentes perspectives et solutions envisageables. Ce type de cours est extrêmement précieux pour l'avenir de l'humanité car il prépare les étudiants et les professionnels à comprendre et à gérer les implications profondes de l'IA sur la société, l'économie, l'éthique et même la survie de l'espèce humaine. En abordant ces questions de manière approfondie, le cours encourage la réflexion critique et la recherche de solutions innovantes contrôlées pour relever ces défis complexes. Ce cours offre une perspective complète sur les différentes stratégies possibles pour garantir un développement éthique et sûr de l'IA. Il constitue un outil éducatif essentiel pour sensibiliser les individus aux défis émergents de l'IA avancée et pour les préparer à contribuer de manière constructive à la gestion de ces défis dans les années à venir. Merci à Coursera et l'Université de Lund.

By Md R

Jan 15, 2023

I've taken two courses on artificial intelligence at Lund University. Both are outstanding. The readings and assignments were interesting, helpful, and kind of easy. This course generates more questions than it answers, which I've found to be incredibly intellectually challenging.

By Jasmine A

Jul 29, 2023

Basic but comprehensive guide to learning the fundamentals of ethics in AI and the changes it brought with it. Recommended for anyone's attempting to enter the domain of ethical and societal discussions on AI. Thank you for the brilliant course.

By Hammad I

Nov 9, 2023

A fantastic course for understanding how AI affects various facets of our lives and the hidden challenges associated with a disruptive technological revolution, such as AI, and possibly AGI and artificial superintelligence in the future.

By dalia s

Jul 27, 2023

Muy interesante este curso al poder tratar un tema tan complejo como es la IA para los que no conocemos ni trabajamos con la tecnología de manera tan estrecha

By Kenneth W S

Sep 1, 2023

great introduction to AI for the average person. Good insight into the issues we will face and ways we can use democratic ways to resolve and monitor.

By Tuhu N D (

Dec 30, 2023

This is a thorough course on AI ethics from a philosophical and social perspective. It will give you a strong fundamental to understand AI ethics.

By Francesca L

Jul 24, 2023

A very well-structured and informative course. The videos were really interesting and intellectually stimulating. I really enjoyed this one.

By John D

Apr 9, 2023

Excellent comprehensive course from Lund University that teaches people how to embrace AI amongst all the societal challenges.

By Aleksandra S

Mar 11, 2024

Great course which opened my eyes to significant questions about AI and future of the human kind.

By Sam U

Mar 5, 2024

Great crash course for understanding AI ethics. Essential for anyone in the field.

By Daryna

Apr 5, 2023

Very Informative, I loved the perspective and facts!

By TaBou

Feb 11, 2024

thought provoking and informative!

By Andrew N

Mar 13, 2024

great experience thanks guys

By Junedh s

May 29, 2022

great learning exprience

By hakem b

Jan 3, 2022

It was very interesting

By Amritpal K D

Dec 11, 2023

Outstanding, Awesome

By Daniel K H S

Aug 31, 2023

muy bueno

By Rodrigo N M

Nov 20, 2023

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By NAYEEM I

Oct 6, 2023

This course is worth understanding the importance of the ethics and societal challenges of AI, not only with regards to the technical point but also with regard to the philosophical and ethical side. This course justifies its name and has a great pace; perhaps I would have loved more of the technical part of solving these issues and not just the theoretical. But nonetheless, it was worth the time.

By Ifeanyi M

Sep 5, 2023

the review of written task took so long but overall it was an interesting course.

By Rainbow L

Dec 20, 2023

Interesting dialog, great for beginners and provocative topics. Well organized.