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This document outlines the objectives and structure of a course on Ethics and AI. The course aims to study the morality, ethics, standards and regulations of AI, as well as issues related to robot ethics. It is divided into 5 units that cover topics such as defining ethics in AI, ethical initiatives and case studies, standards and regulations, social and ethical implications of robotics, and challenges and opportunities of AI. The course outcomes include learning about ethics in AI applications and issues, understanding ethical harms and initiatives, and AI standards and regulations. Practical exercises include case studies and data analysis projects related to ethics.

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Ethics and Ai Syllabus

This document outlines the objectives and structure of a course on Ethics and AI. The course aims to study the morality, ethics, standards and regulations of AI, as well as issues related to robot ethics. It is divided into 5 units that cover topics such as defining ethics in AI, ethical initiatives and case studies, standards and regulations, social and ethical implications of robotics, and challenges and opportunities of AI. The course outcomes include learning about ethics in AI applications and issues, understanding ethical harms and initiatives, and AI standards and regulations. Practical exercises include case studies and data analysis projects related to ethics.

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CCS345 ETHICS AND AI LTPC

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 6

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 6

International ethical initiatives-Ethical harms and concerns-Case study: healthcare robots, Autonomous
Vehicles, Warfare and weaponization.

UNIT III AI STANDARDS AND REGULATION 6


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 6


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 6


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:

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 societal issues in AI with National and International Strategies on AI

PRACTICAL EXERCISES

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 174

6. Identification on optimization in AI affecting ethics 30 PERIODS

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.

WEB LINK:

1. https://sci-hub.mksa.top/10.1007/978-3-540-30301-5_65
2. https://www.scu.edu/ethics/all-about-ethics/artificial-intelligence-and-ethics-sixteenchallenges-and-
opportunities/
3. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/10/top-10-ethical-issues-in-artificial-intelligence/
4. https://sci-hub.mksa.top/10.1159/000492428
CO’ PO’S PSO’S
S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3
1 3 2 3 3 1 - - - 1 2 1 1 3 1 1
2 2 1 1 2 1 - - - 1 2 1 1 3 1 1
3 2 3 1 1 3 - - - 2 1 1 2 3 2 2
4 3 1 3 3 2 - - - 2 2 3 1 2 1 3
5 3 1 1 3 3 - - - 2 3 3 3 1 3 3
AVG 2.6 1.6 1.8 2.4 2 - - - 1.6 2 1.8 1.6 2.4 2 2

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