OVERVIEW

Organisations all over the world (governments, businesses, and non-profits) are acknowledging the importance of the tech for good mission. Particularly, A.I. developments have become an essential part of this mission.

Surrounding the themes of AI Strategy, Ethics, and Social Innovation, this course explores the current key concepts that will shape humanity’s future, as well as, the real-life applications of A.I. to tackle social issues. Including but not limited to, governance structures and strategies that will impact the development of A.I., the advancement of social humanoid robots and the ethics of digital minds. 

Through workshops, lectures, seminar discussions, and site visits, this course enables participants to come together with University of Oxford academics and leading industry experts to share, discuss, and challenge each other’s perspectives. 

The first week will explore and challenge the core course themes of A.I. and social innovation. In the second week, participants will dive deeper into specific research questions through the Design Sprint. 

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GUIDING QUESTIONS

How does humanity optimise the impact of tech for good?

How should the responsibility for realising the tech for good mission be shared among different stakeholders?

INSTITUTIONAL VISITS

  • Mind Foundry, University of Oxford
  • Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford
  • Rhodes Artificial Intelligence Lab 
  • Ashmolean Museum
  • Pitt Rivers Museum 
  • Deepmind, Google London
  • Imperial College London
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Participants' Feedback

This program was enlighting because previously, there was no courses in my university that interprets the development of future technologies from global perspectives. This program allowed me not only to focus on the fields of science and technology, but also to think about the changes that "technology for good" can bring to finance, governance, service sectors, etc.

2018 Participant
I benefited greatly from learning "design thinking" in this course. It has changed a lot of ways I think and helped me to see the world not as simply a consumer but as the initial creator and designer. More importantly, it tought me how to use design capabilities to create more beneficial designs for society. I am grateful for this opportunity, which will be a turning point in my life.

2018 Participant
I'm a product manager. I used to think design alone could not make influential changes to benefit the society and that the improvement of most social issues must involve the participation of government or large companies. Through examples in this course, I found that in fact, a really good designs can be central to implementing social changes and can have a profound impact on a more specific level. This is extremely helpful to my career in the product design industry.

2018 Participant
What struck me the most was how advanced technologies will penetrate every corner of socieities, so the importance of how to realise the tech for good mission is self-evident. Through discussions with the most cutting-edge A.I. researchers in the world and visiting these research institutes I have learned the exciting developments going on in this space and simutaneously, there is a lot of work that needs to be done on this road for our future generations. 

2019 Participant
I am preparing to set up my own tech company. This study is an excellent preparation for me. I not only learned the leading research directions and more about key concepts today, but also found a lot of valuable resources and channels to help I realise my dream.

2019 Participant



The end of this program was the start of a journey to broaden the boundaries of thinking and cognition.

2019 Participant