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Course Outline

Foundational Ethics in Autonomous Systems

  • Characterizing autonomy within AI agents
  • Application of major ethical theories to machine behavior
  • Stakeholder viewpoints and value-driven design

Societal Hazards and High-Impact Scenarios

  • Autonomous agents in public safety, health, and defense sectors
  • Human-AI interaction and boundaries of trust
  • Instances of unforeseen consequences and risk escalation

Legislative and Regulatory Environment

  • Survey of AI laws and policy trajectories (EU AI Act, NIST, OECD)
  • Accountability, liability, and legal status of AI agents
  • Global governance efforts and existing gaps

Clarity and Decisional Openness

  • Obstacles posed by opaque autonomous decision-making
  • Designing for intelligible and auditable agents
  • Openness instruments and models (e.g., model cards, datasheets)

Alignment, Control, and Moral Duty

  • AI alignment techniques for agent behavior
  • Human-in-the-loop versus human-on-the-loop control models
  • Distributed responsibility among developers, users, and institutions

Ethical Risk Evaluation and Reduction

  • Risk mapping and failure analysis in agent architecture
  • Protective measures and emergency shutdown protocols
  • Bias, prejudice, and fairness verification

Governance Architecture and Institutional Supervision

  • Principles of accountable AI governance
  • Multistakeholder monitoring models and reviews
  • Constructing compliance frameworks for autonomous agents

Conclusion and Future Directions

Requirements

  • Comprehensive grasp of AI systems and machine learning basics
  • Aquaintance with autonomous agents and their practical applications
  • Familiarity with ethical and legal standards within technology policy

Target Audience

  • AI Ethics Specialists
  • Policy Formulators and Regulators
  • Senior AI Professionals and Researchers
 14 Hours

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