PTCCS345 Ethics and AI Syllabus:
PTCCS345 Ethics and AI Syllabus – Anna University Part time Regulation 2023
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Study the morality and ethics in AI
Learn about the Ethical initiatives in the field of artificial intelligence
Study about AI standards and Regulations
Study about social and ethical issues of Robot Ethics
Study about AI and Ethics- challenges and opportunities
UNIT I INTRODUCTION
Definition of morality and ethics in AI-Impact on society-Impact on human psychology-Impact on the legal system-Impact on the environment and the planet-Impact on trust
UNIT II ETHICAL INITIATIVES IN AI
International ethical initiatives-Ethical harms and concerns-Case study: healthcare robots, Autonomous Vehicles , Warfare and weaponization.
UNIT III AI STANDARDS AND REGULATION
Model Process for Addressing Ethical Concerns During System Design – Transparency of Autonomous Systems-Data Privacy Process- Algorithmic Bias Considerations – Ontological Standard for Ethically Driven Robotics and Automation Systems
UNIT IV ROBOETHICS: SOCIAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATION OF ROBOTICS
Robot-Roboethics- Ethics and Morality- Moral Theories-Ethics in Science and Technology – Ethical Issues in an ICT Society- Harmonization of Principles- Ethics and Professional ResponsibilityRoboethics Taxonomy.
UNIT V AI AND ETHICS- CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Challenges – Opportunities- ethical issues in artificial intelligence- Societal Issues Concerning the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine- decision-making role in industries-National and International Strategies on AI.
30 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course, the students will be able to
CO1: Learn about morality and ethics in AI
CO2:Acquire the knowledge of real time application ethics, issues and its challenges.
CO3:Understand the ethical harms and ethical initiatives in AI
CO4:Learn about AI standards and Regulations like AI Agent, Safe Design of Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Systems
CO5:Understand the concepts of Roboethics and Morality with professional responsibilities.
CO6:Learn about the societal issues in AI with National and International Strategies on AI
PRACTICAL EXERCISES 30 PERIODS
1. Recent case study of ethical initiatives in healthcare, autonomous vehicles and defense
2. Exploratory data analysis on a 2 variable linear regression model
3. Experiment the regression model without a bias and with bias
4. Classification of a dataset from UCI repository using a perceptron with and without bias
5. Case study on ontology where ethics is at stake
6. Identification on optimization in AI affecting ethics
TOTAL: 60 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS:
1. y. Eleanor Bird, Jasmin Fox-Skelly, Nicola Jenner, Ruth Larbey, Emma Weitkamp and Alan Winfield ,”The ethics of artificial intelligence: Issues and initiatives”, EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service Scientific Foresight Unit (STOA) PE 634.452 – March 2020
2. Patrick Lin, Keith Abney, George A Bekey,” Robot Ethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics”, The MIT Press- January 2014.
REFERENCES:
1. Towards a Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence: Foundations, Theory, and Algorithms) by Paula Boddington, November 2017
2. Mark Coeckelbergh,” AI Ethics”, The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, April 2020
3. Web link:
4. https://sci-hub.mksa.top/10.1007/978-3-540-30301-5_65
5. https://www.scu.edu/ethics/all-about-ethics/artificial-intelligence-and-ethics-sixteenchallenges-and-opportunities/
6. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/10/top-10-ethical-issues-in-artificial-intelligence/
7. https://sci-hub.mksa.top/10.1159/000492428