6 ECTS credits
150 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 4023521EER voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een verdiepend master niveau.

Semester
1e semester
Inschrijving onder examencontract
Mogelijk
Beoordelingsvoet
Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
2e zittijd mogelijk
Ja
Onderwijstaal
Engels
Faculteit
Faculteit Recht en Criminologie
Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
Metajuridica
Onderwijsteam
Rosamunde Elise Van Brakel (titularis)
Onderdelen en contacturen
0 contacturen Exam
24 contacturen Lecture
126 contacturen Self study
Inhoud

The students learn about the interdisciplinary dimensions and consequences of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and about the interaction between AI and society, in particular by going deeper into the legal, ethical and societal issues of AI. The course focuses on various case studies and research examples from the public and private sectors in Belgium but also internationally. A syllabus of mandatory and complementary texts will be made available on the Canvas site of this course. At the beginning of the semester, students receive a document that explains how the course is evaluated, objectives of the assignments, instructions about the form of the assignments, deadlines and evaluation criteria. The course requires active participation of the students. Participation consists of reading the texts used in the lectures and online resources that are provided and discussions during the lectures.

Topics that will be discussed are:

  1. Definitions, theories and technologies of AI
  2. History of AI
  3. Regulatory and policy developments of AI in Belgium and the EU
  4. Legal issues of AI
  5. Ethical issues of AI
  6. Social issues of AI
  7. AI bias, discrimination and fairness
  8. AI and fundamental rights
  9. AI, good governance and democracy
  10. Algorithmic impact assessments and audits

These topics will be dealt with in an in-depth and critical manner, discussing both Belgian and international case studies from the private and public sector, which students are expected to explore further through self-study. Case studies that will be discussed include criminal justice system, police, education, welfare, humanitarian sector, self-driving cars, robots and smart home assistants. Two guest lecturers will be invited on a rotating basis every year who will go more in depth into case studies.

Studiemateriaal
Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : digital syllabus, PowerPoint slides, blog posts, online articles, podcasts and short films, Canvas
Bijkomende info

All lectures for day students are recorded and made available through Panopto. If the lectures cannot take place physically due to the coronary measures, they will be organized on BigBlueButton. Students are expected to actively participate in lectures and online assignments. Students can ask questions through Teams during the lectures and also at a number of fixed times.

Leerresultaten

Leerresultaat

KNOWLEDGE AND INSIGHT

  • The student develops critical thinking and in-depth interdisciplinary knowledge of AI theory and practice through various forms of knowledge transfer and independent study.
  • The student gains critical insight into the main legal, ethical and social aspects of AI.
  • The student acquires insight of different research approaches of AI.

SKILLS

  • The student is able to conduct an interdisciplinary analysis of the main legal, ethical and social aspects of AI practices in the public or private sector.
  • The student is able to reflect critically on the role of AI in society and how this is presented in online and offline media.

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Mondeling bepaalt 25% van het eindcijfer

Examen Andere bepaalt 75% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Mondeling dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Examen Mondeling met een wegingsfactor 25 en aldus 25% van het totale eindcijfer.

Binnen de categorie Examen Andere dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Examen Andere met een wegingsfactor 75 en aldus 75% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

Evaluation structure:

  • Paper (4000-6000 words) Legal, ethical and social analysis of chosen case study: 75%.
  • Defense of paper at oral exam: 25%.

Evaluation criteria: For the paper:

  • content (50%): comprehensiveness of the analysis, originality, interdisciplinarity
  • form (50%): language use, structure and reasoning, coherent reference style

At the beginning of the semester, students choose a subject for their essay and prepare a short proposal/abstract for their essay, which they present during the last two lectures halfway the semester and on which they will receive feedback.

Working students should contact the lecturer to define appropriate modalities with regards to the evaluation (see evaluation).

Toegestane onvoldoende
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Academische context

Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master in de rechten: Dual Master in Comparative Corporate and Financial Law
Master in de rechten: burgerlijk en procesrecht
Master in de rechten: criminologie
Master in de rechten: economisch recht
Master in de rechten: fiscaal recht
Master in de rechten: internationaal en Europees recht
Master in de rechten: publiek recht
Master in de rechten: sociaal recht
Master in de rechten: strafrecht