Ethics of AI-A Course From Finland

Α free online text-based course by the University of Helsinki for anyone who is interested in the ethical aspects of AI.

The University of Helsinki has already a track record for its Elements of AI course which launched in 2018 as we reported in Free AI Course from Finland. Initally it offered Introduction to AI as a free online MOOC, provided in English and intended to accessible to a very wide audience. Later a second course, Building AI, was added and according to its website 730,000 people of enrolled.

Since many aspects of our society involve or are going to involve AΙ in the near future, the subject of AI Ethics is more relevant than ever and this new course is therefore a welcome counterpart.

As we examined in "How Will AI Transform Life By 2030? Initial Report" there are several societal sectors which are going to be affected by AI:

full article on i-programmer.info:

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/14943-ethics-of-ai-a-course-from-finland.html

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