AI & Ethics

This training, developed in collaboration with the Ministry for Gender Equality and Diversity, is designed for a diverse audience who wish to understand how AI works, how to use it productively, what the ethical challenges are, as well as how to navigate them responsibly. 

The program balances technical foundations (AI techniques, generative AI tools, prompting skills, explainable AI, and customized AI assistants) with ethical and societal reflections (bias, fairness, environmental and social impact, and European AI regulations). 

Through interactive presentations, group discussions, and hands-on experience, participants will explore both the opportunities and risks of AI. They will also create their own customised AI assistant and project proposal, integrating creativity, productivity, and ethical responsibility. 

By the end of the course, participants will not only understand AI and its ethical implications but will also be able to apply AI tools in their professional context in a transparent, fair, and regulation-aware way. 

Day 1: Introduction to AI

1. What is Artificial Intelligence? Definitions and evolution 
2. Core techniques: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Generative AI 
3. AI applications in daily life and the workplace 
4. Future of AI: opportunities and risks  
   

Day 2: Generative AI Tools & Prompting Skills 

1. Introduction to Generative AI tools  
2. How to prompt more effectively? 
3. Hands-on lab: using AI to support project development 
4. Drafting initial project ideas with AI support

Day 3: AI Ethics & Social/Environmental Impact 

1. Introduction to AI Ethics 
2. Stakeholders in AI 
3. Ethical dilemmas in AI 
4. Environmental impact of AI  
5. Social impact of AI  
6. Reflection: evaluate project ideas through an ethical & sustainability lens 

Day 4: Bias, Explainable AI & Safe Use of Generative AI

1. Understanding and Mitigating Bias in AI 
2. Explainable AI  
3. Ensuring Fairness 
4. AI hallucinations: what they are and how to detect them 
5. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) 
6. Customized AI assistants 

Day 5: Regulations, Governance & Project Presentations

1. European AI governance: EU AI Act, GDPR 
2. Workshop: finding and adapting AI regulations relevant to your job 
3. Creating ethical, customized AI assistants 
4. Project presentations: integrating ethics, bias mitigation, and compliance 
5. Wrap-up: personal action plan for responsible AI use and development  

• Understand the fundamentals of AI and its evolution 
• Learn how to prompt more effectively 
• Utilize AI tools for productivity and project development 
• Recognize ethical, social, and environmental implications of AI 
• Analyze and Address AI Bias 
• Evaluate AI hallucinations and apply safer techniques 
• Learn EU AI regulations relevant to their professional field 
• Design and present ethical AI projects and assistants 

We use a spiral learning approach, combining interactive presentations, guided discussions, and hands-on practice. Participants are introduced to AI concepts step by step, returning to them at increasing levels of depth as the course progresses—from foundations to tools, ethics, bias, and regulation. Through this iterative process, they continuously refine their understanding while applying new insights to their own projects. Each participant will design a customized AI assistant or project proposal, gradually integrating ethical, social, and regulatory perspectives so that by the end of the course, they have both technical skills and ethical awareness for responsible AI practice.