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We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...Artificial Intelligence in the School of Computer Science at the University of Hertfordshire. “We are interested in helping people who are still living in their own homes to stay there independently for as long as possible,” she says. Her robots are not built to be companions, but she recognises that they will, to a degree, become companions to the people they serve....
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10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn
History & The Arts

10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn

...artificial intelligence. During the Second World War, Turing worked at the home of the code breakers, Bletchley Park. He devised many techniques for solving Nazi Germany's ciphers and produced an electromechanical machine that could find the settings for the German Enigma machine. It has been estimated that his computer work shortened the war in Europe by as many as four...
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Digital thinking tools for better decision making Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...artificial intelligence and digital thinking tools. It traces the history of thinking machines, from a medieval dream through to the AI developments of the 21st century, and examines the suggestion that AI will make humans redundant. It argues that focusing on AI supremacy runs the danger of ignoring the more immediate dangers arising from AI making decisions using opaque...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
A short introduction to the English language
Languages

A short introduction to the English language

...artificial intelligence is likely to play in the future of language. As has been noted in the previous sections, the relationship between language and technology has a long history and has given rise to dramatic changes in the way humans live their lives and organise themselves in societies. The impact of the internet and other digital technologies are a prime example of...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The Cyber Armour: A podcast which champions voices and safety of women and girls in the digital world
Society, Politics & Law

The Cyber Armour: A podcast which champions voices and safety of women and girls in the digital world

...Artificial Intelligence at The Open University and Stream Lead for Ethical and Responsible AI at the Centre. Her research agenda revolves around advancing Responsible AI, ensuring that technological innovation aligns with ethical principles and societal values. With a portfolio of more than 100 scientific articles and having won numerous external grants supporting her...
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AI fluency
Digital & Computing

AI fluency

...artificial intelligence. Through a series of practical sessions, learners explore AI fundamentals, generative AI, responsible AI principles, and the real world impact of AI across work, accessibility, and society. The course also introduces Microsoft Copilot, showing how AI tools can support creativity, productivity, and everyday problem solving. Suitable for students,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Banks as utilities and the future of payments
Money & Business

Banks as utilities and the future of payments

...artificial intelligence. They’ve developed a chatbot that sits inside Facebook Messenger. It enables you to do payments, but within Facebook Messenger, because one of the big issues nowadays with apps is that people have way too many apps. And the reality is that most people only use five or six apps on their phones. 90 per cent of the time they’ll be on five or six....
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Ada Lovelace Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Ada Lovelace Day

...were really tenable. The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate any thing. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform. It can follow analysis; but it has no power of anticipating any analytical relations or truths. Today, computer scientists working in artificial intelligence and science fiction authors still argue whether Ada was right....
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