This unit introduces the accelerating dynamics and systemic effects of emerging technologies, providing a conceptual grounding in exponential change, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and the evolving finance landscape. Students will also examine foundational legal, ethical, and governance questions that frame later technical and applied study in the pathway.
Learning Objectives
- Analyze patterns of exponential technological growth and their short- to medium-term socio-economic impacts using at least three case studies or data examples
- Evaluate the capabilities, limitations, and societal implications of artificial intelligence (including large language models) and blockchain technologies by comparing real-world use cases
- Apply core blockchain mechanisms (e.g., cryptographic hashing, consensus concepts, immutability) and basic money/finance concepts to construct and explain simple transaction or payment models
- Demonstrate understanding of dominant legal, ethical, and governance considerations for frontier technologies by developing a set of risk-mitigation and accountability principles for a hypothetical deployment
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 11 Lessons
- 30 hours
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- Unit 1 — Foundations of Frontier Technologies11
- 1.1Tracking the Exponential20 mins
- 1.2A World Rebooting20 mins
- 1.3Artificial Intelligence20 mins
- 1.4Blockchain20 mins
- 1.5Money, Banking, Spending, and the Future of Finance20 mins
- 1.6Setting the Scene20 mins
- 1.7What Are—or Should Be—the Dominant Laws of Frontier Technology?20 mins
- 1.8Note20 mins
- 1.9Final Word20 mins
- 1.10GPT20 mins
- 1.11Blockchain Mechanisms20 mins
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