BCS Foundation Certificate in Artificial Intelligence

Program Outline: 

Ethical and Sustainable Human and Artificial Intelligence

• Recall the general definition of Human and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
• Describe what are Ethics and Trustworthy AI
• Describe the three fundamental areas of sustainability and the United Nation’s seventeen sustainability goals.
• Describe how AI is part of ‘Universal Design,’ and ‘The Fourth Industrial Revolution’.
• Understand that ML is a significant contribution to the growth of Artificial Intelligence.
• Describe ‘learning from experience’ and how it relates to Machine Learning (ML) (Tom Mitchell’s explicit definition).

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

• Demonstrate understanding of the AI intelligent agent description
• Describe what a robot is
• Describe what an intelligent robot is
• Applying the benefits of AI - challenges and risks
• Describe how sustainability relates to human-centric ethical AI and how our values will drive our use of AI will change humans, society and organizations.
• Explain the benefits of Artificial Intelligence by.
• Describe the challenges of Artificial Intelligence
• Demonstrate understanding of the risks of AI project
• List opportunities for AI.
• Identify a typical funding source for AI projects and relate to the NASA Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs).

Starting AI how to build a Machine Learning Toolbox - Theory and Practice

• Describe how we learn from data – functionality, software and hardware,
• Recall which typical, narrow AI capability is useful in ML and AI agents’ functionality.
• The Management, Roles and Responsibilities of humans and machines
• Demonstrate an understanding that Artificial Intelligence (in particular, Machine Learning) will drive humans and machines to work together.
• List future directions of humans and machines working together.
• Describe a ‘learning from experience’ Agile approach to projects