Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Ethical AI: Lessons from the Age of Revolutions
Pragmatic AI Labs
Investigated the ethical challenges of AI development by drawing parallels between digital rights and historical human rights movements. Analyzed how surveillance capitalism, tech propaganda, and current economic models impact society. Explored solutions including digital consent rights, privacy protection, and economic reforms. Emphasized reframing AI development to prioritize human welfare over corporate interests, while examining critical thinking.
1 weeks, 4 hours per week
Noah Gift
Founder Pragmatic AI Labs & Executive in Residence Duke
Pragmatic AI Labs
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Evaluate ethical implications of AI development through a human-centric lens to propose alternative frameworks that prioritize human wellbeing over corporate interests.
- Identify fundamental concepts of ethical AI to distinguish between human-centric and profit-driven approaches to AI development.
- Synthesize principles of digital rights and privacy to construct a comprehensive framework for protecting human interests in an AI-driven world.
- Evaluate tech industry claims and AI developments to differentiate between genuine advances and marketing hyperbole using critical thinking methods.
- Critique current AI development models to formulate alternative frameworks that better serve human interests and societal wellbeing.
Syllabus
- Parallels between 18th-century revolutionary ideals and modern AI ethics
- The concept of “digital feudalism” in the AI era
- Intellectual property rights in the context of AI-generated content
- Data rights and the “digital commons”
- Ethical frameworks for AI development and deployment
- Historical case studies and their modern AI counterparts
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Issued on 3rd April 2025
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