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Course description

The course will draw on Ben Shneiderman¿s text book ¿Human Centred AI (2022). It will be taught collaboratively, including interdisciplinary perspectives. Lecturing staff are expected to be primarily from the Human Centred Computing Discipline with invited lectures. Topics to include: 1. Human-centred AI in real world systems ¿ studying the human viewpoint 2. Human-centred AI: Empowering People, Expanding Possibilities 3. AI approaches: Human Emulation and Useful Applications (strengths and limitations of deep learning and generative AI; and alternative AI approaches) 4. Governance Structures for Human-Centered AI 5. Designing HCAI systems ¿with (not for)¿ communities (methodologies such as participatory design) 6. HCAI with Indigenous knowledges 7. Ethics of HCAI Practical topics in tutorials and assignments could include: ¿ Stopping AI-Driven Misinformation and Criminals ¿ Supporting Environmental Protection, Social Justice And Human Rights ¿ Compassion in Caring for Our Older Adults ¿ HCAI in Urban robotics ¿ Beyond Robots: Notbots and Newbots