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,
self-paced learning
Bite-sized modules
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.
Over the duration of this online course, you’ll work through the following modules:
Module 1 AI and the state: Democracy, legitimacy, and transparency
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 AI and business: Algorithmic bias and inequality
Investigate how AI can create inequalities of resources, opportunity, and power in the business world, and how it can perpetuate historic injustice.
Module 3 AI and society: Challenges and opportunities
Understand conceptions of global governance, corporate social responsibility, decision-making under risk, and market failures to investigate issues of global justice raised by AI.
Please note that module titles and their contents are subject to change during course development.
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.
This LSE online certificate course is delivered in collaboration with online education provider GetSmarter, part of edX. 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.