Foundations of Artificial Intelligence

From

1.8.2025

2 cr

The course has the following parts: 1) Introduction (recent achievements, reasons behind the rise of AI) 2) Benefits and drawbacks of AI 3) What is AI? (a collection of bad answers) 4) The birth and semiotics of AI 5) About intelligence and learning 6) Brains vs. machine (competitive situations, effects) 7) Humans and machines becoming closer to each other 8) Singularity

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Fields

Information and communication technologies

Scope

2 cr

1 component

Code

TKO_2114

What you will learn

in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) several noteworthy breakthroughs have been made during the past few years. Due to this, the interest towards the field has grown rapidly. The aim of the course is to give participants an understanding of what artificial intelligence is and what its effects on our society are. With this knowledge, it is for example possible to critically follow the variable quality news in the media on the topic.

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Organiser

Turun yliopisto

Contact details

avoin@utu.fi

Belongs to themes:

New technologies