A Fair Future Starts Here!
We’re excited to bring you our successful, fun and free Human Rights Toolbox course, available two times in 2025 as a fully accompanied learning experience.
- Duration: 4 weeks
- 2.5 Hours of Study
- 100% Online
- Live tutoring and directed learning
- Weekly check-ins+troubleshooting with tutors and peers
We aim to:
- Equip you with a detailed understanding of a human-rights-based approach to AI development
- Provide a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms currently counteracting this approach
- Introduce technical and non-technical solutions around the human rights impacts of AI systems
- Enable you to critically analyse and reflect on the objectives and outcomes of any new technology products
- Promote collaboration between disciplines and actors
Why?
- Creation of technology is strengthened by consultation, consensus, and diverse disciplinary perspectives, as well as the lived experiences of affected communities.
- Impacted communities & experts from all parts of the technology and social science spectrums require a basic understanding and common vocabulary to participate in this important conversation
When?
- January 7, January 14, January 21, January 28
- & Bonus February 4 for presentations
- 14.00-16.30 UTC
- 1-2 hours reading per week
Who?
Anyone with an interest in human rights and AI systems.
For technical participants: Code to Module 3 (and an additional Module 5) can be viewed in Jupyter Notebooks with a follow-along tutorial. Coding-office hours (in addition to the Hang Out Coffee Hours to discuss questions once a week) are also available.