MOOC: AI in Society

As Data Science and AI create many opportunities in all dimensions of our daily lives, they also pose new legal, ethical, and political challenges. The MOOC will respond to the increasing need for more public awareness and understanding of AI.

The MOOC supports learners to engage critically with the basics of AI and its related ethical issues, as well as its impacts on different sectors of society - including justice and jurisprudence, health care, and democratic participation. The MOOC examines how society could address these issues, and how the societal impact and relevant values can be taken into account in design, implementation, and deployment of AI.

• Multidisciplinary
  • Co-developed by three universities within Una Europa ( University of Edinburgh, University of Helsinki, Complutense University of Madrid, and University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne), the course is based on latest research on Data Science, AI and Social Sciences.

• Create a course that matches your interests
  • In addition to the compulsory basic part of the MOOC, you can choose optional modules matching your interests, needs and background. To support you in selecting the elective modules, the MOOC gives you suggestions based on your background and previous knowledge.

• Set your own learning path
  • Study at your own pace, whenever and wherever you want.

At the end of the course you will have:

• a basic understanding of various ethical and social aspects of AI, at the levels of social interaction and society as a whole
• a necessary conceptual framework and cognitive tools to position AI applications in their social contexts and to assess their societal impact
• an awareness and the ability to prevent potentially unwanted consequences and make deliberate choices in value-laden contexts while developing AI applications