Carolina undergrads officially have a new curriculum option: UNC has just launched a new minor focused on AI, with classes examining not only how it works and how to use it, but also when and whether to use it – as well as how to control it.

Click here for more on the new minor, and visit AI.UNC.edu for more on artificial intelligence at UNC.

Aaron discussed the new minor with Rei Sanchez-Arias, the associate dean for academic affairs at UNC’s School of Data and Information Sciences. Sanchez-Arias helped develop the minor – and he’s also teaching one of its classes, AI Unlocked for Curious Minds.

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