{"id":3418,"date":"2026-09-17T12:41:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T16:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/high-school-students\/pre-college\/credit\/courses\/communications-2\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T12:47:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T16:47:02","slug":"artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/high-school-students\/pre-college\/credit\/courses\/artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Artificial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About the Course<\/h2>\n<p>This course shows students the potential and limitations of using artificial intelligence (AI) in society. Students explore the history of artificial intelligence and discuss ethical considerations involving the creation and use of AI. Students learn about expert systems, generative AI, machine learning, and basic data analytics.<\/p>\n<h3>Course Details<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Credits:<\/strong> 3<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Adelphi University, Garden City, NY campus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> TBD for 2027; please check back in late fall<\/li>\n<li><strong>Schedule:<\/strong> TBD for 2027; please check back in late fall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3419 size-large\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/high-school-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/09\/20221103_trading038-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/high-school-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/09\/20221103_trading038-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/high-school-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/09\/20221103_trading038-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/high-school-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/09\/20221103_trading038-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/high-school-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/09\/20221103_trading038-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/high-school-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/09\/20221103_trading038-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/high-school-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/09\/20221103_trading038-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/high-school-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/09\/20221103_trading038-740x494.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/high-school-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/09\/20221103_trading038-980x654.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/high-school-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/09\/20221103_trading038-1220x814.jpg 1220w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/high-school-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/09\/20221103_trading038-1440x960.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What You\u2019ll Learn<\/h2>\n<p><span>In this course you will:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Articulate a definition of AI and meaningfully engage in discussion about appropriate use of AI.<\/li>\n<li>Compare different AI models and apply metrics of success.<\/li>\n<li>Make ethical decisions concerning the use of AI in data privacy, catastrophic AI risk, data ownership, and data visualization.<\/li>\n<li>Discuss the history and evolution of AI.<\/li>\n<li>Engineer basic AI prompts to effectively use generative AI.<\/li>\n<li>Assess and evaluate the reliability of different sources.<\/li>\n<li>Differentiate between the scientific paradigm, the data science paradigm, and pseudoscience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Meet Your Professor<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Course This course shows students the potential and limitations of using artificial intelligence (AI) in society. 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