Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (7.5 credits)
Credit-bearing course
Intelligent Agents and Multi-agent Systems
Societal Aspects of AI
The course deals with ethical questions that rise from the development of more and more sophisticated autonomous systems, questions of what requirements that should hold for the technology and why included, which sort of agents artificial systems are, if these can be considered moral agents and if they can be ascribed moral responsibility as well as where the main responsibility for artificial intelligence (AI) ought to be placed and why.
The course focuses three main areas of moral relevance for autonomous systems and AI:
- Responsibility for decisions made by artificial agents
- Bias/discrimination as a result of AI use
- The importance of participation in the development of AI systems.
During this course, students are provided theoretical tools for reflection on the development of AI, requirements that ought to made regarding this technology and how it ought to be managed in society.