AI in Action Workshop

This course offers a hands-on introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI). You will learn what AI is, how models are built, and how data quality, overfitting, and bias affect their reliability. You will also try popular AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, DALL·E, and Stable Diffusion, exploring their capabilities and limitations.

The course also examines the ethical and social dimensions of AI, including privacy, accountability, and fairness, helping you develop a critical and responsible approach to using AI in your own field.

You do not need to have any prior AI knowledge to attend this workshop. By the end of this course, you’ll:

• Understand key AI concepts and model development.
• Gain hands-on experience with modern AI tools.
• Learn how to identify and manage bias, reliability, and ethical issues.

Each workshop is delivered as two half-day sessions (Run 1 or Run 2). You must complete both half days to complete the workshop.

Run 1:

• 9am-12pm, Monday 17 November, WAV001 Computer Lab
• 9am-12pm, Tuesday 18 November, WAV001 Computer Lab

or

Run 2:

• 1pm-4pm, Wednesday 19 November, N004 Computer Lab
• 9am-12pm, Thursday 20 November, N004 Computer Lab