Ethics of AI

Online course

Investigate the ethical challenges and opportunities posed by AI in this highly applicable master class experience.

3 weeks, entirely online

6–8 hours per week, cohort-based learning

90% learner satisfaction

On completion of this course, you’ll walk away with:

1

The ability to diagnose challenges and opportunities posed by AI, based on insight into the theoretical foundations of democracy and administrations.

2

The tools to identify and evaluate any inequalities of resources, opportunities, and power in the workplace as a result of AI.

3

Knowledge of what rules governments and multinational corporations must follow in order to responsibly design and deploy AI.

4

Critical thinking skills developed through debating the key ethical issues inherent in AI with peers and facilitators.

Course curriculum

Over the duration of this online course, you’ll work through the following modules:

Module 1

Explore the foundations of democratic theory and theories of administrative power, and learn how to diagnose challenges and opportunities posed by AI using those foundations.

Module 2

Investigate how AI can create inequalities of resources, opportunity, and power in the business world, and how it can perpetuate historic injustice.

Module 3

Understand conceptions of global governance, corporate social responsibility, decision-making under risk, and market failures to investigate issues of global justice raised by AI.

Course convenor

Dr Kate Vredenburgh

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE

As an expert in social science, political philosophy, and the philosophy of technology, Kate has a particular interest in topics that intersect with ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics. After completing her PhD in philosophy at Harvard University, Kate became a postdoctoral fellow at both the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. Much of her research and teaching interacts with other disciplines, such as economics and computer science.

An online education that sets you apart

This LSE online certificate course is delivered in collaboration with online education provider GetSmarter. Join a growing community of global professionals and benefit from the opportunity to:

Gain verifiable and relevant competencies and earn invaluable recognition from a world-leading social science university, entirely online and in your own time.

Enjoy a personalised, people-mediated online learning experience created to make you feel supported at every step.

Experience a flexible but structured approach to online education as you plan your learning around your life to meet weekly milestones.

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