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Diploma in Higher Education Studies

Artificial intelligence in everyday life

HES 214 · Digital World — Week 11 of 16

CourseHES 214
Week11 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Artificial intelligence in everyday life

  1. Where AI is used
  2. What AI can and cannot do

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Identify current emerging technologies (e.g., AI, IoT, Cloud).

Activity

Find five examples of AI in apps you use.

Study materials

Further resources

  • Workplace Software and Skills, 1.1: AI and Machine Learning · PDF · OpenStax Workplace Software and Skills (2023), 1.1 on everyday AI and machine learning, p. 25 · for registered students
  • Foundations of Information Systems, 10.1–10.2: Emerging technologies · PDF · OpenStax Foundations of Information Systems (2025), 10.1–10.2: what AI is used for today, pp. 373–384 · for registered students
  • Foundations of Information Systems, 12.3: Ethics of AI · PDF · OpenStax Foundations of Information Systems (2025), 12.3: what AI can and cannot do, bias and responsibility, pp. 460–464 · for registered students
  • Research priorities for robust and beneficial artificial intelligence · Open-access article · Russell et al. (2015), AI Magazine. Short agenda on making AI beneficial, by leading AI researchers. · for registered students
  • The global landscape of AI ethics guidelines · Open-access article · Jobin et al. (2019), Nature Machine Intelligence. Maps the ethical principles in 84 AI guidelines worldwide. · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: The internet and the World Wide Web
  • Week 2: Clients and servers
  • Week 3: LANs and WANs
  • Week 4: How data travels across the internet
  • Week 5: Strong passwords and password managers
  • Week 6: Two-factor authentication
  • Week 7: Phishing: spotting fake messages
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Social engineering and online scams
  • Week 10: Cloud computing
  • Week 11: Artificial intelligence in everyday life
  • Week 12: The Internet of Things and smart devices
  • Week 13: Technology and society
  • Week 14: Technology and the environment
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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