Week 2

Ethics, Values, and Human Impact of AI

January 26 - February 1, 2026

Day 1: Monday, January 26

Topics

  • 1.2 Societal stakes: the transformative promise and risk of AI systems
  • 1.3 Overview of prominent failures, scandals, and incidents
  • 1.4 Influence of AI on society, economy, and geopolitics
  • 2.1 Philosophical ethical frameworks (virtue ethics, utilitarianism, deontology) applied to AI systems

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Presentation 2: Ethics, Values, and Human Impact of AI

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Due

Day 2: Wednesday, January 28

Assignment 1 Insights and Discussion

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Presentation 2.5: Assignment 1 Insights & Discussion

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Discussion Outline

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Assignment Given

Reading, Assignments, and Resources

Required Reading

Hendrycks - Introduction to AI Safety, Ethics, and Society

Chapter 6: Beneficial AI and Machine Ethics

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Assignments

Additional Resources

Additional resources available on the Resources page.