AI for Public Good and Policy

This unit examines how AI augments human capacity across public and private sectors—healthcare, smart cities, climate action, and humanitarian work—while foregrounding privacy, ethics, and evidence-based policymaking. Students build on technical foundations from earlier units to evaluate regulatory frameworks, craft organizational visions, and prepare actionable, values-driven plans for responsible AI deployment.

Learning Objectives

• Analyze case studies of AI applications in healthcare, smart cities, climate, and humanitarian missions to identify benefits, risks, and key stakeholder roles.
• Evaluate privacy, security, and regulatory frameworks (e.g., GDPR and local policies) against hypothetical AI system scenarios and recommend compliance and mitigation strategies.
• Apply principles of evidence-based policymaking and human-centered design to draft a policy brief or recommendation addressing workforce development, equity, and public–private partnerships.
• Develop and present an organizational vision and actionable plan for an AI-driven initiative that includes ethical value statements, data governance measures, and community engagement strategies.