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Duration 14 hours
Course Outline
Foundations of Ethics in Autonomous Systems
- Defining autonomy within AI agents
- Applying key ethical theories to machine behavior
- Stakeholder perspectives and value-sensitive design
Societal Risks and High-Stakes Use Cases
- Deployment of autonomous agents in public safety, health, and defense
- Human-AI collaboration and establishing trust boundaries
- Scenarios involving unintended consequences and risk amplification
Legal and Regulatory Landscape
- Overview of AI legislation and policy trends (EU AI Act, NIST, OECD)
- Accountability, liability, and the concept of legal personhood for AI agents
- Global governance initiatives and identified gaps
Explainability and Decision Transparency
- Challenges posed by black-box autonomous decision making
- Designing for explainable and auditable agents
- Transparency tools and frameworks (e.g., model cards, datasheets)
Alignment, Control, and Moral Responsibility
- AI alignment strategies for governing agent behavior
- Comparing human-in-the-loop and human-on-the-loop control paradigms
- Shared responsibility among designers, users, and institutions
Ethical Risk Assessment and Mitigation
- Risk mapping and critical failure analysis in agent design
- Implementing safeguards and off-switch mechanisms
- Auditing for bias, discrimination, and fairness
Governance Design and Institutional Oversight
- Principles underpinning responsible AI governance
- Multistakeholder oversight models and audit processes
- Developing compliance frameworks for autonomous agents
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- A solid grasp of AI systems and machine learning fundamentals
- Experience with autonomous agents and their practical applications
- Knowledge of ethical and legal frameworks within technology policy
Target Audience
- AI ethicists
- Policy makers and regulators
- Advanced AI practitioners and researchers
