AI and Humanity
A five-week facilitated cohort that pairs curated readings with small-group discussion: what is at stake, human judgment, trust and relationships, power, and how AI can be steered, with Global South, labour, and child-rights voices alongside governments and labs.
What you will be able to do more clearly
Understand what AI is changing about how we think, relate, and share power, using evidence rather than hype or fear, and leave with your own tested position on the AI question that matters most to you and a dated 30-day action plan.
- Level
- Foundations
- Lessons
- 6
- Format
- 5 weeks + optional sixth
- Access
- Facilitated cohort
Professionals in any field (teachers, health workers, organisers, engineers, lawyers, faith and community leaders), people heading into AI policy, safety, or ethics, and newcomers who think hard and want to act. No coding or policy background needed.
6 lessons, in order
A deliberate sequence — each lesson answers a real problem and sets up the next. Lesson 1 is free to preview; the rest unlock when you enroll.
- 11. What's at StakeAI is already shaping how people learn, work, trust and decide. Before judging any of it, learn to describe what AI can actually do today, see why design choices are never neutral, and state your own first view of what AI should be for.4 takeaways3 downloadsFree preview90 min prep
- 2. JudgmentWhen AI can draft, decide and create, the question is not whether people and machines should work together but when that combination actually helps, what it does to human skill, and which work should stay human.4 takeaways2 downloadsUnlocks when you enroll90 min prep
- 3. ConnectionAI systems now talk back, and many people, including teenagers, use them for company and advice. This week looks at what that does to trust, relationships and shared truth, why systems can be rewarded for telling people what they want to hear, and what children need that adults may not.4 takeaways2 downloadsUnlocks when you enroll90 min prep
- 4. PowerEvery AI product rests on data, labour, chips, electricity and language, supplied by people who are mostly invisible to its users. This week traces that supply chain, asks where value is captured and where costs fall, and compares different routes to a fairer share.4 takeaways2 downloadsUnlocks when you enroll90 min prep
- 5. SteeringSome AI risks are documented, some are plausible and some are contested. This week compares how scientists, international bodies and civil society describe them, looks at a real automated system that went wrong, and asks you to defend a position and commit to a dated next step.4 takeaways2 downloadsUnlocks when you enroll90 min prep
- 6. Optional: Govern a Real DecisionAn optional sixth week for participants who want to apply a structured governance framework to a decision in their own organisation or community, and to say plainly where the framework helps and where it falls short.4 takeaways2 downloadsUnlocks when you enroll90 min prep
What should stay with you
Not short-term inspiration — a stronger way to interpret, reason, govern, anticipate, and act.
- Explain how AI affects judgment, relationships, and power, using evidence rather than hype or fear.
- Write a one-page position on the AI question that matters most to you, tested by peers.
- Trace who benefits from an AI system and who bears its costs, including people outside the room.
- Leave with a dated 30-day action plan and a cohort who can pressure-test it.
Built for individuals, cohorts, and institutions
Use the course as a guided reading experience, a facilitated cohort, an internal training program, or a partner academy module.
Six weekly guides
Five core units and an optional sixth, each with curated readings, timed preparation, and session plans.
Member workbook
One notebook for your purpose statement, weekly build steps, final position, and action plan.
Facilitator guide
Session plans, prompts, and safeguarding notes for 90-minute small-group discussions.
AIGovSpec framework
An open AI governance framework developed by CentPol, offered as a lens to use and to critique.
Where this course leads next
Deepen the work through another program, apply it with your team, or move toward a fellowship or public contribution.
Ready to start AI and Humanity?
Read lesson 1 free, then register interest to join the next facilitated cohort and unlock all 6 lessons.