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PHIL 385

Ethics and Artificial Intelligence

3 units

Winter 2026

Topics

  • Language
  • Rationality
  • Ethical Machines Concepts and Issues
  • Alignment
  • Superintelligence
  • Mar. 3, 5 Mar. 10
  • Governance Law
  • “Planning for Mass Unemployment: Precautionary Basic Income”, Aaron James No Readings

Readings

  • [1] Matthew Liao, “Ethics of Artificial Intelligence” (2020).OUP
    required
  • [2] Markus Dubber, Frank Pasquale, Sunit Das, “The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI” (2020). OUP
    required
  • [3] Keith Frankish and William Ramsey, “The Cambridge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence” (2014). CUP
    required
Winter 2025

Topics

  • Introduction Language and Learning Decision and Action Building Ethics
  • Alignment
  • Superintelligence
  • Mar. 4, 7 Mar. 11
  • Governance Law
  • “Planning for Mass Unemployment: Precautionary Basic Income”, Aaron James “The Ethics of Artificial Love”, Kate Devlin
  • “The Ethics of AI in Biomedical research, Patient Care and Public Health”, Bryant Walker Smith

Readings

  • [1] Matthew Liao, “Ethics of Artificial Intelligence” (2020).OUP
    required
  • [2] Markus Dubber, Frank Pasquale, Sunit Das, “The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI” (2020). OUP
    required
  • [3] Keith Frankish and William Ramsey, “The Cambridge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence” (2014). CUP
    required
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