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COMS W4710

Ethical and Responsible AI

3.00 points · University catalogue

Principles of Ethical Artificial Intelligence across technical and societal dimensions. Combines technical AI and machine learning implementations and ethical analysis. Students will learn to build, audit, and mitigate ethical risks in AI systems using tools like fairness libraries, explainability frameworks, and privacy-preserving techniques. Emphasizes coding, algorithmic critique, and real-world cases. Topics include: foundations of AI ethics, fairness, interpretability, explainability, accountability, privacy, robustness, alignment, safety, and societal benefit. Assessments include coding projects, bias auditing assignments, and ethical analysis papers.

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Prerequisites: ( COMS W2132 ) or ( COMS W3134 ) or ( COMS W3136 ) or ( COMS W3137 ) or ( IEOR E2000 ) Programming proficiency in Python. Basic knowledge of probability theory and statistics. Familiarity with machine learning recommended.

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