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課程簡介Course Description

Recent advances in computing may place us at the threshold of a unique turning point in human history. Soon we are likely to entrust management of our environment, economy, security, infrastructure, food production, healthcare, and to a large degree even our personal activities, to artificially intelligent computer systems.

The prospect of "turning over the keys" to increasingly autonomous systems raises many complex and troubling questions. How will society respond as versatile robots and machine-learning systems displace an ever-expanding spectrum of blue- and white-collar workers? Will the benefits of this technological revolution be broadly distributed or accrue to a lucky few? How can we ensure that these systems respect our ethical principles when they make decisions at speeds and for rationales that exceed our ability to comprehend? What, if any, legal rights and responsibilities should we grant them? And should we regard them merely as sophisticated tools or as a newly emerging form of life?

隨著近期AI與自動化設備之技術發展，已達到人類歷史發展之轉折點，人類非常可能大規模地將環境、經濟發展、安全、基礎設備、食物生產與分配、健康照護與保險交由AI與自動化設備安排與執行。

本課程目標在介紹AI技術對公、私部門治理、法律制度、社會網絡及政治生態的衝擊。此次邀請美國華盛頓大學傳播暨資訊學院助理教授蕭遠，

一同參與線上課程，營造國際化學習環境，豐富學生學習資源，增進臺灣與各國學生對於AI技術將造成的社會、政治、經濟、社會與文化衝擊等議題，例如：AI與自動化設備取代白領與藍領勞工的工作機會的社會衝擊評估與對應？AI與自動化設備之技術革命帶來之整體利益，是否能公平分配？如何在AI與自動化設備進行自動決策時，確保道德原則？以及社群媒體的自動化決策，對於社會網絡及文化傳播及政治生態的衝擊，進行廣泛而深入的學術與文化交流，藉此使學生能瞭解AI所帶來的衝擊，增進學生到外國進修或就業的動力，同時也能開展國際學術互動與合作的契機。