Welcome to the PSYE60 - AI and Psychology course!

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PSYE60 is an introductory course to human and artificial cognition. During the course, you will learn both about how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to understand human behavior and how psychological phenomena in people can be found in artificial intelligence. Central areas are the borderland between AI and psychology:

AI and ethics: Risks and opportunities today and in the future
Abstract, biological, and deep neural networks
AI to analyze behavior and brain data
Use of AI in mental health diagnosis and treatment
Psychological phenomena in artificial cognition
Natural Language Processing
Simulating behavior using AI

The course emphasis understanding of how natural cognition can be understood with the help of artificial cognition and how psychological phenomena arise in artificial cognition. Application is made in neural networks, natural language processing, AI-generated images and how AI affects society. The course contains theoretical lectures, laboratory work, and a project work. The course requires no prior knowledge.

At the end of the course, you are expected to have basic knowledge of AI and psychology, as well as an understanding of applications of AI in the field of psychology.