Tentative Schedule¶
Below is a tentative schedule of lectures/activities/topics. As this course is designed to be student-driven, it will evolve over time.
| Date | Type | Content | 
| Wed, Jan 8, '25 | Lecture | Lecture 1 - Intro to the course (What is AI ethics) | 
| Fri, Jan 10, '25 | Lecture | Lecture 2 - AI Governance 101 | 
| Wed, Jan 15, '25 | Lecture | Lecture 3 - Local/current examples of AI governance | 
| Fri, Jan 17, '25 | Student Activity | Lecture 4 - AI Governance -- Part 1 | 
| Wed, Jan 22, '25 | Student Activity | Lecture 5 - AI Governance -- Part 1 | 
| Fri, Jan 24, '25 | Guest Lecture | Lecture 6 - System safety framework for AI -- Shalaleh Rismani | 
| Wed, Jan 29, '25 | Student Activity | Lecture 7 - AI Governance -- Part 2 | 
| Fri, Jan 31, '25 | Student Activity | Lecture 8 - AI Governance -- Part 2 | 
| Wed, Feb 5, '25 | Lecture | Lecture 9 - Research in AI ethics | 
| Fri, Feb 7, '25 | Guest Lecture | Lecture 10 - System safety framework for AI (Part 2) -- Shalaleh Rismani | 
| Wed, Feb 12, '25 | Lecture | Lecture 11 - AI ethics assessment case studies | 
| Fri, Feb 14, '25 | Lecture | Lecture 12 - Taxonomy of Risks, Harms, Hazards | 
| Wed, Feb 19, '25 | Guest Lecture | Lecture 13 - AI Act -- Pierre Larouche | 
| Fri, Feb 21, '25 | Guest Seminar | Lecture 14 - Epistemic injustice and data science technologies -- Eran Tal | 
| Wed, Feb 26, '25 | Lecture | Lecture 15 - Roboethics | 
| Fri, Feb 28, '25 | Lecture | Lecture 16 - Responsible AI and physical systems | 
| Wed, Mar 5, '25 | No Lecture -- Reading Week | |
| Fri, Mar 7, '25 | No Lecture -- Reading Week | |
| Wed, Mar 12, '25 | Guest Seminar | Lecture 17 - Antagonistic AI -- Ian Arawjo | 
| Fri, Mar 14, '25 | Student Activity | Lecture 18 - Human-AI interaction | 
| Wed, Mar 19, '25 | Student Activity | Lecture 19 - Human-AI interaction | 
| Fri, Mar 21, '25 | Guest Lecture | Lecture 20 - AI and robot ethics -- Samer Nashed | 
| Wed, Mar 26, '25 | Student Activity | Lecture 21 - Responsible AI and physical systems | 
| Fri, Mar 28, '25 | Student Activity | Lecture 22 - Responsible AI and physical systems | 
| Wed, Apr 2, '25 | Guest Lecture | Lecture 23 - TBA | 
| Fri, Apr 4, '25 | No lecture -- Self-study: final project | |
| Wed, Apr 9, '25 | Student Activity | Lecture 25 - Final Project Presentation | 
| Fri, Apr 11, '25 | Student Activity | Lecture 26 - Final Project Presentation + Debrief |