Social & Ethical Aspects of AI

Spring 2027 - University of Wisconsin-Madison

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This course provides an overview of how AI intersects with social behavior and society. Students will learn how AI can be used to answer social scientific questions, and they will also engage with ethical and social issues across the model development pipeline. Lectures and discussions will draw from fields such as computational social science, cultural analytics, responsible AI, AI safety, and HCI.

Pre-reqs: None
Instructor: Lucy Li
TA: TBD
Class time: Tues & Thurs 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Location: WHITE Hall, Room 3250
Instructor OH: TBD
TA OH: TBD

Contact

We will have a class Slack!

Logistics

We will use Canvas and Gradescope (links TBD).