Moderation Unit
In the Moderation Unit, students learn about AI's utility for helping people create and moderate welcoming and inclusive online communities. The unit addresses the following overall questions:
How do computers learn from data, and how AI can impact society in both positive and negative ways?
How can we design technologies that can aid us in welcoming forms of expression that reflect and sustain cultural values and practices?
Students pursue answers to these questions through the creation of game worlds in the widely popular sandbox game, Minecraft. As part of their explorations into online moderation, students train a chatbot to distinguish between happy or sad words.