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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

AI and Finance

Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MITx Online

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Learn how artificial intelligence is reshaping financial analysis, investment strategies, and decision-making in modern markets.

Syllabus

  • Explain how artificial intelligence, including large language models, is reshaping financial analysis, investment processes, and decision-making across the industry
  • Understand the core concepts of reinforcement learning in finance, including states, actions, rewards, and exploration–exploitation trade-offs
  • Evaluate the usefulness of reinforcement learning for developing trading strategies and studying market dynamics in noisy, adaptive financial environments
  • Assess the opportunities and limitations of large language models in finance, including practical applications and the challenges of bias, interpretability, and responsible deployment

Taught by

Andrew W. Lo, Jillian A. Ross, and Paul F. Mende

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