AI: Hlth, Defense, Ethcs Pol

2 Credits · Level: Graduate

This course is taught with lectures 50% and discussions 50%. The first class is to introduce a specific AI technology by an experts and the second class we designate for discussion how to regulate the specific technology. The course is taught by faculty members with interdisciplinary backgrounds in AI, health care, defense, ethics and biomedical science policy with decades of experiences. Both instructors have advised at a US federal agency, teamed with a international expert in biomedical technology and healthcare economy. In 2023, AI faced a new paradigm shift that brought much concern to AI technologies, especially due to concerns of the use of the chat GPT in educational system. However, in the health care and health science fields in general, AI has indeed revolutionized patients care to scientific research . In this course, we hope students to learn that AI in biomedical fields and defense capabilities, while we will discuss how to fine tune policies considering ethical concerns and racial and other discriminations. Due to the AI, medical imaging has accelerated the diagnostic processes for discovering hidden cancers. The drug-designing process has become much more rapid and enhanced with AI. As we need to process big data in biomedical sciences, we cannot manage without the help of AI tools. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for cancers is a revolutionary approach to targeted personalized immunotherapy for cancer patients, In spite of many advances through AI technologies, the accuracy of AI work is still not reached 100%, and hidden biases in AI technologies. Especially young generations need to understand the inside of the “black box” before fully take advantage of the technologies. In this course, while introducing a variety of AI technologies, we will have through discussion on ethics, policy and concerns of regulating this technologies to fully utilize their capacities.