The argument
The hard part isn't the technology. It's what happens to attention, trust, and meaning when machines can generate anything. We close with the capstone — a governance document scoped to one AI system in your work, that your organization can act on.
What you build with
4 interactive widgets
Sample from the live course
Synthetic Media Eval
- 01Synthetic Media Eval
- 02AI Disclosure Generator
- 03Provenance Verifier
- 04Parasocial Self-Assessment
Authenticity, Relationships & Meaning
The Human Element.
The artifact
Capstone Governance Document
A capstone governance document scoped to one AI system in your work — your final, defended deliverable, reviewed by your cohort and signed off by the instructors.
Quiz preview
50 questions. 80% to pass.
Three sample questions in the same style. The live course has more — and they're harder than they look.
Question 01
An AI companion app collects parasocial conversation data from teens. Which framework most directly governs the consent question?
- a)GDPR
- b)CCPA
- c)OCAP
- d)CARE
Question 02
C2PA, watermarking, and disclosure labels address different parts of the synthetic-media trust problem. Which one is most resistant to circumvention by a motivated bad actor?
- a)Visible disclosure labels
- b)Invisible watermarks
- c)Cryptographic provenance (C2PA)
- d)Detection classifiers
Question 03
A user reports an emotional dependency on a chatbot. The first responsibility of the deploying organization is to:
- a)Increase guardrails on the model
- b)Disclose the synthetic nature of the relationship and offer human support paths
- c)Limit usage time
- d)Refer the user to terms of service