COURSE 29Beginner13 IN-DEPTH LESSONS

The Dangers of AI

Public safety literacy: direct and indirect prompt injection, scam awareness, voice clones, and nonconsensual synthetic media defenses—without attack recipes.

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Course Syllabus & Units

Unit 1

Overview

1 lessons
1.1L0

The dangers of AI — why we study the bad with the good

### What this Course is

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Unit 2

Fraud And Impersonation

1 lessons
2.1L0

Scams, impersonation, and voice cloning — what has already happened

### What this danger is

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Unit 3

Trust And Safety Literacy

1 lessons
3.1L0

Jailbreaks and prompt injection — what they are (no recipes)

### What these dangers are

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Unit 4

Trust And Care

1 lessons
4.1L0

Medical overtrust — chatbots are not your doctor

### What this danger is

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Unit 5

Imagery

1 lessons
5.1L0

Non-consensual intimate imagery and deepfake abuse — overview

### What this danger is

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Unit 6

Cyber

1 lessons
6.1L0

Malware and cyber intrusion — AI in the news (overview)

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Unit 7

Society Harm

1 lessons
7.1L0

Influence operations and synthetic media — overview

### What this danger is

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Unit 8

Weapons

1 lessons
8.1L0

Weapons and autonomy (overview)

This chapter is a **high-level overview** of public concerns about AI in weapons and autonomous systems: machines that select or engage targets with reduced human control. It explains **what people worry about** and **what has been debat...

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Unit 9

Bio

1 lessons
9.1L0

Bio dual-use (overview)

**Dual-use** means knowledge or tools that help medicine and science but could also be misused to cause harm. AI can speed literature review and design assistance—raising **governance** questions. This chapter is a **light public overvie...

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Unit 10

Stalking

1 lessons
10.1L0

Stalking and harassment (overview)

AI tools can make harassment worse—cheaper messages at scale, fake profiles, or nonconsensual imagery (see that chapter). This page explains **risk patterns victims and platforms discuss publicly**, not how to harass anyone.

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Unit 11

Integrity

1 lessons
11.1L0

Academic integrity and AI

Schools and workplaces are rewriting rules for when AI help is allowed, limited, or banned. **Academic integrity** means honest credit for your work and clear disclosure when tools assisted.

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Unit 12

Crisis

1 lessons
12.1L0

Self-harm and crisis pointers

People sometimes ask AI systems about emotional pain or self-harm. This page explains **safe principles for seekers and builders**—and points to **real human help**. It does **not** discuss methods.

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Unit 13

Response

1 lessons
13.1L0

What to do when AI causes harm

A practical **response checklist** when AI-related harm shows up: scams, account takeover attempts, nonconsensual imagery, workplace incidents, or dangerous advice. Literacy without panic.

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