December 8, 2023


Webcast


2 Total CPE Credits

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Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Ethics

  • Instructor

    Erin Laurvick

Learning Objectives

Capability to understand the ethical issues that arise in businesses that use AI and data, and to participate responsibly in corporate decision-making when appropriate. Hour 1 – Participants will be able to identify the 2 tasks at which AI excels (classifying and predicting). They will be able to articulate what a neural network is, what machine learning is, and the difference between training and real-world data. Hour 2 – Participants will be able to articulate the major ways data is collected, the uses to which it is currently put by businesses and government, identify the major ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence: data privacy, transparency, bias.

Major Topics

  • Hour 1: What Is AI? What Is Data?

  • Case 1: China’s use of phone apps to reduce transmission of Coronavirus. (see https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/technology/china-coronavirus-surveillance.html?searchResultPosition=1 )
    Hour 2: Data Privacy, Data Brokers, And What You Should Do Learning objectives. By the end of this hour, participants will be able to articulate the major ways data is collected, the uses to which it is currently put by businesses and government, identify the major ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence: data privacy, transparency, bias.
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  • Case study 1: Amazon’s AI recruiting tool
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  • Case study 2: 23andMe: Who Sees What?

CPE Credits Available

2
Total CPE
2
Behavioral Ethics

Things to Know About This Course

Course Level

  • Basic

Professional Area of Focus

  • Ethics

Prerequisites

Capability to understand the ethical issues that arise in businesses that use AI and data, and to participate responsibly in corporate decision-making when appropriate. Hour 1 – Participants will be able to identify the 2 tasks at which AI excels (classifying and predicting). They will be able to articulate what a neural network is, what machine learning is, and the difference between training and real-world data. Hour 2 – Participants will be able to articulate the major ways data is collected, the uses to which it is currently put by businesses and government, identify the major ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence: data privacy, transparency, bias.

Advanced Preparation

None

Intended Audience

Anyone looking to understand the ethical issues that arise in businesses that use AI and data, and to participate responsibly in corporate decision-making when appropriate.

Provider

Colorado Society of CPAs

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