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Responsible Artificial Intelligence Curriculum Design Project

National Humanities Center Institute for College/University Faculty

June 20–24, 2022

Overview Speakers Participants About the Area

Artificial intelligence permeates our daily lives—in the ways we conduct business, govern, provide healthcare and security, and communicate. The large-scale cultural and societal implications of these changes—and the ethical questions they raise—pose a serious challenge as we embrace a future increasingly shaped by the implementation of artificial intelligence technology. Inspired by recommendations that emerged from the In Our Image: Artificial Intelligence and the Humanities conference held in spring 2021, the role of the humanities in understanding and harnessing the enormous power and potential of artificial intelligence is clear.

Working in partnership with fifteen of the nation’s top universities and colleges, the Center will facilitate the development of undergraduate courses that address ethical questions about the role of artificial intelligence in our world. Each course will be designed by a nominated faculty member, and each institution will make the course available for credit. Considered together, these courses will offer insights into the emerging role of artificial intelligence in our world, and the part post-secondary institutions can play in preparing students to assess the impact and value of those technologies.