Safeguarding AI

37mBeginner2019-12-16

Authors

Martin Kemka

Martin Kemka is the founder of Northraine, a machine learning production house.

Course details

Massive computing power, research, and open-source code have made artificial intelligence (AI) accessible to everyone. But with great power comes great responsibility. As more businesses incorporate AI into their strategies, it’s critical for executives and analysts alike to ensure AI isn't being deployed for harmful purposes. This course is designed so that a general audience, ranging from business and institutional leaders to specialists working on data teams, can identify the proper application of AI and understand the ramifications of their decisions regarding its use. Instructor Martin Kemka provides a global perspective, reviewing the current policies and laws guiding image recognition, automation, and other AI-driven technologies, and explores what AI holds in store for our future.

Learning objectives
Uses and abuses of AI
Applications of AI
Global perspectives on AI
Types of decisions that can affect AI and its abuse
Adversarial processes, including security and privacy
Policy and laws governing AI

Skills covered

Responsible AIIntroduction toArtificial Intelligence FoundationsArtificial Intelligence (AI)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Overview of safeguarding AI
02 - What you should know

1. Introduction to AI Applications

03 - Uses and abuses of AI
04 - Applications of AI
05 - Technical requirements
06 - Global ideas
07 - Challenge - Self-driving cars
08 - Solution - Thought experiment on uses

2. Types of Decisions

09 - Image recognition
10 - Marketing decisions
11 - Pricing decisions
12 - Control decisions
13 - Challenge - Investigate local effects
14 - Solution - Thought experiment on effects

3. Adversarial Processes

15 - Adversarial patches
16 - Security and privacy
17 - Challenge - Find one adversarial method
18 - Solution - Thought experiment on method

4. Policy and Law

19 - Cutting edge policies
20 - Groups overseeing use
21 - Challenge - Find policy of one group
22 - Solution - Thought experiment on groups

Conclusion

23 - Actions you can take