Benefits of AI
Objectives
- To understand how AI can be used to accelerate human progress.
- To explore AI as an extension of human beings.
- To identify positive and beneficial applications of AI.
- To imagine a future where humans and AI become one.
Key Concepts
- Positive applications of AI
- AI as a tool to accelerate human progress
- Brain machine interfaces and cyborgs
Module overview
AI is a powerful tool with enormous potential. It can help solve some of humanity’s grand challenges. It can help us cure cancer, tackle poverty, discover new forms of energy and much more.
This module will explore all the positive applications of AI and the ways in which we can use it so solve problems. We will also explore what it means to be a cyborg and imagine a future where humans and AI merge to become one.
Details
Skills
Futures Thinking
Citizenship/Stewardship
Big Picture Thinking
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