In the era of data-driven economy, AI technology has been deployed in practice over the world by large-scale digital platformers such as Google and Amazon. The appearance of Generative AI, which can be easily adopted to various business area, dramatically accelerates use of AI in the society now.
In order to utilize full potential of emerging technologies including AI for promoting economic growth and addressing various social issues, It is necessary for people and society to to be ready to use the technology, not just for the technology to be established. If we solely rely on market competition without policy intervention, those goals cannot be accomplished or unexpected social issues can be arisen.
This course will provide the explanation on social issues related to AI technology as well as the necessity of policy interventions. The course will also introduce basic knowledge of understand policy backgrounds as appropriate.
Then, we will discuss specific issues or policy from the aspects of privacy, safety, open data, fairness, ethics, intellectual property, promotion of use in individual fields, etc., with the viewpoint of international comparison or competition.