Course # 38829 Section Number 1 Day(s) F Time(s) 1:30pm-4:20pm Term Fall 2024 Specialization Data Analytics Course Instructor Jens Ludwig Syllabus Syllabus 10/2/24 It is hard to name a sector that will not be dramatically affected by artificial intelligence (or machine learning). There are many excellent courses that teach you the mechanics behind these innovations -- helping you develop an engineering skill set. This course takes a different approach. It is aimed at people who want to deploy these tools, either in business or policy, whether through start-ups or within a large organization. While this requires some knowledge of how these tools work, that is only a small part of the equation, just as knowing how an engine works is a small part of understanding how to drive. What is really needed is an understanding of what these tools do well, and what they do badly. This course focuses on giving you a functional, rather than mechanistic, understanding. By the end, you should be an expert at identifying ideal use-cases and thereby well-placed to create new products, businesses and policies that use artificial intelligence. Quarter Title Instructor Day(s) Time(s) Syllabus Fall 2024 Artificial Intelligence for Public Policy Jens Ludwig Friday 1:30pm-4:20pm Syllabus Recent News More news Ten Years of MSCAPP: Where Public Policy Meets Coding Wed., July 23, 2025 Rising Star in Mexico: Roberto Velasco Álvarez, MPP'17 Wed., July 23, 2025 Student Profile: Maria Villamizar Londono Wed., July 16, 2025 Upcoming Events More events Harris Summer Campus Visit Mon., July 28, 2025 | 10:00 AM Harris School of Public Policy 1307 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States Civic Leadership Academy 2026 Virtual Information Session Wed., July 30, 2025 | 12:00 PM UChicago Summer Send-Off in Tokyo Thu., July 31, 2025 | 7:30 PM DevilCraft-Hamamatsucho, Risewell Building, 1F, Minato-ku Tokyo 105-0013 Japan
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