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Artificial Intelligence: Distinguishing Between Fact and Fiction (FutureLearn)

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Artificial Intelligence: Distinguishing Between Fact and Fiction (FutureLearn)

How well do you understand artificial intelligence (AI)? Explore how to separate the reality from the hype on this course. Is artificial intelligence a reality or just marketing hype? On this two-week course, you will have the opportunity to explore artificial intelligence, how it’s perceived today and the differences between the hype, marketing and reality of AI.

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You will have the chance to examine Alan Turing’s scholarship following his codebreaking successes in World War II at Bletchley Park. You will also explore how John McCarthy coined the term ‘artificial intelligence (AI)’ and the current state of the art, including manufacturing and social robotics.
This course is part of the program Artificial Intelligence Ethics for Business , which is one of the building blocks that leads to a degree in Master of Business Administration (Artificial Intelligence).

What topics will you cover?

  • Roots of artificial intelligence (AI)
  • Different features of human intelligence
  • Asimov’s laws
  • The reality of AI

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Explain the different features of human intelligence
  • Distinguish between the claims and current reality of artificial intelligence (AI)
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