INFS6255-A Ai Ethics and Governance (Fall 2025)

Course Details

Session, Dates: 3 (08/25/2025 - 10/17/2025)
Days: APPT
Time: -
Location: Moon Campus
Room:
Seats Available: APPT
Credits: 3

Course Description

This course introduces students to a range of ethical issues pertaining to both current and future artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. AI has experienced rapid growth and is expected to have a significant impact on society as it continues to become embedded in the technology we use in our daily lives in various ways. This course discusses ethical, philosophical, and social issues that arise with the development of AI. Governance issues will also be discussed, with coverage of current AI regulations at both government and organizational levels. Topics will include existential threats of AI, development of humane technology, governance of autonomous machines, robot rights, biases/discrimination in learning algorithms, misuse of AI technology, social interaction with AI, limits and computational errors, ethical considerations for both executives and developers, and many others.

Course Materials

About the Instructor(s)

Sushma Mishra, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, College of Business and STEM
College of Business and STEM

Professor of Computer and Information Systems
Computer and Information Systems

mishra@rmu.edu
412-397-5442
Wheatley Center 308
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