There are no prerequisites, but consider:
No prerequisites required except for interest in
OPEN TO IE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE FOLLOWING DEGREES (SINGLE AND DUAL): OPEN TO ALL PROGRAMS
Blockchain technology and artificial intelligence are already a reality with impact and application in numerous sectors of the economy, forming part of the branch of law known as Digital Law. The technological digital platforms are also a cornerstone in the economy enabling the provision of innovative and disruptive services. Blockchain technology or also called Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is revolutionizing very specific areas such as, for example, identity through the digital identity systems, stock markets through the new market infrastructures based on DLT, and payment systems through digital currencies.
Artificial intelligence is going to suppose, for society as a whole, to face and respond to new challenges, both from a regulatory point of view, regulating the liability regime applicable to machines and devices that incorporate this technology, and from an angle social, trying to protect society against new phenomena such as decisions made by this type of device automatically and without the consent of the user based on subjective or biased data, or against unethical actions and behaviors, without forgetting the need to provide the population with new knowledge in order to enable them to face the new digital era and fill the new jobs that this technology is going to create to replace some existing ones. Finally, digital platforms constitute the mechanism for the provision of multiple technology based services.
Throughout the course we are going to cover those and other interesting topics.
Upon completion of this elective, students are expected to be able to:
•Know what artificial intelligence and its different branches are from a conceptual and technical point of view.
•Acquire awareness of the importance of data for the operation of systems equipped with artificial intelligence.
•Acquire awareness of the relevance of ethics in the development and implementation of the artificial intelligence systems.
Know the risks involved in the use of artificial intelligence, especially from the point of view of a subjective / biased treatment of the data on which it is based.
•Gain insight into the existing regulatory landscape and government strategies on artificial intelligence.
•Acquire awareness of the challenges that artificial intelligence brings from a responsibility point of view and the regulatory tools to face them.
•Identify relevant projects / services based on the use of artificial intelligence.
•Know what Blockchain technology is and differentiate related concepts.
•Gain insight into the real applications of the Blockchain technology.
•Get an overview of the regulatory applicable framework to Blockchain technology.
•Acquire awareness of the importance of digital platforms for the innovation, the regulatory framework and liability regimes applicable to them, and get real examples of leading digital platforms.
