translated from Spanish: First course massive open online on Artificial Intelligence for journalists

the Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the advances more Revolucionario you of our time: a technology that can perceive, learn and reason, designed to amplify human capabilities. Brings with it the promise of solving many of the dilemmas that affect mankind, such as help in the treatment of cancer, the mitigation of the effects of climate change, grow more food in a sustainable way, and the inclusion of people with disabilities. In our region, the adoption of this technological innovation is already taken in several areas, open debates and discussions on its opportunities and challenges, including its implementation in an ethical manner.
As one of the leading companies in the development of IA and his vision of democratized it for all individuals and organizations, Microsoft, in partnership with the Knight Center for journalism in the Americas, launched the first course massive open in line (MOOC) (, by its acronym in English) about IA dedicated to Latin American journalists, in order to benefit from their knowledge and experience to nourish the journalists in the region with the best information and assessment of this technology of the future, so that they can give light their stories with an extensive domain on the subject.
“Microsoft believes that AI has the ability to increase human ingenuity, promoting the resolution of some of the questions more complex humanity. We also recognize how quickly that has come down to us from the fourth Industrial Revolution era, and the challenges and opportunities it brings. We hope that this course – the first of its kind in Spanish – complement the skills of IA of the journalists, who we recognize as key stakeholders in facilitate understanding and critical commodity thinking, as we navigate the uncharted territory of the IA in Latin America”, says Florence Bianco, director of communications for Microsoft Latin America.
Under the title Artificial Intelligence: how cover AI and understand its impact on journalism, the MOOC will have two editions: one in Spanish beginning October 22 and one Portugese beginning on November 5. The course of five modules, which has a duration of 4 weeks, is free and is open to all interested parties, especially journalists, social communicators and students. Recommended a commitment of at least 5 hours per week to complete it successfully. Both editions offer a discussion in depth about the modern of the Digital transformation milestones and the fundamentals of innovation, such as the Internet of things, machine learning, Natural language processing and the Cognitive services, as well as providing practical examples of the potential in society. Note that this is not a course on products and/or services of Microsoft, but a course on AI that promotes critical thinking.
“We are delighted to have our first partnership with Microsoft, to reach journalists of Spanish-speaking Latin America with this great course,” says Professor Rosental Alves, founder and director of the Knight Center. “The subject could not be more relevant for these times of digital revolution, when artificial intelligence is growing rapidly. It is a theme that will be more and more in the news for decades, and journalists need to know more about.”
Belonging to the University of Texas at Austin, the Knight Center is an institution specialized in professional training programs offered online courses that has reached more than 150 thousand students from over 180 countries. The MOOCs are designed to last four to five weeks and are conducted completely online by journalists and experienced trainers. Its platform takes full advantage of multimedia resources, video conferencing, discussion forums and other collaborative learning technologies, ideal for the journalist who seeks to acquire new skills for the 21st century newsroom.

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