Artificial intelligence is transforming our world at extraordinary speed. It promises new opportunities in medicine, education and productivity while also raising concerns about jobs, misinformation, privacy and human control. This course examines both the potential benefits and risks of AI and considers how these technologies may reshape work, learning, creativity and social relationships. Participants will explore key ethical questions and discuss what AI could mean for future generations. Designed for a general audience, the course assumes no technical knowledge and aims to promote informed and balanced discussion about one of the defining technologies of our time.

DELIVERY MODE

Face to face

COURSE OUTLINE

• Pros and cons
• Reality versus hype
• Impacts: long term - net plus or net minus
• The impact on jobs, lifestyle, our children

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

• Understand AI and its pluses and minuses
• The hype and the fear that surrounds AI
• It's realistic on the ground potential for change
• Understand it's likely negatives and positives going forward and how those negatives will be dealt with and those positives will impact us