GENE 213: AI, Genes and Ethics (GENE 113)

Course Description

What is AI and why is it sometimes biased ? How will AI affect medicine to help us but also what are the conditions in which it may harm us. 95% of single-gene diseases we know of have no effective treatment yet if we change a defective one how might that affect a species in the long term ? Is DNA 'the code of life?' Or is the 'code of life' the whole living organism in its complex, dynamic relationship with its environment? Will Earth one day be populated by beings who are different from us in their cognitive and physical abilities. This course will look at the intersection of AI and Genetics to analyze advances that could be made but also ethical questions that should be asked. The course is designed to be accessible to many disciplines and there are no pre-requisites.