PHIL 3503
Artificial Intelligence: Philosophical and Ethical Issues
Topics examined through the lens of philosophy and cognitive science may include humans’ obligations towards AI, sentient AI, implications of AI for models of cognition, designing ethical AI systems, implications of using AI in healthcare, and social inequality and job displacement related to AI.
2024
Topics
- Introduction
- Hertzmann (2018), “Can Computers Create Art?”
- Generated by Artificial Intelligence?”
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence
- Millière & Buckner (2024), “A Philosophical Introduction to Language Models”
- Shevlin et al. (2019), “The Limits of Machine Intelligence”
- Super Intelligence and the Singularity
- Bostrom (20030 “When Machines Outsmart Humans”
- Chalmers (2010), “The Singularity: A Philosophical Analysis”
- AI and Existential Risk
- Russell (2021), “Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence”
- Vold & Harris (2021), “How Does Artificial Intelligence Pose an Existential Risk?”
- NO CLASS (Thanksgiving)
- “Merging” with AI
Prerequisites & course information
Also listed as CGSC 3603 . Prerequisite(s): CGSC 2001 or PHIL 2501 and third-year standing in Cognitive Science or Philosophy. Seminar 3 hours per week.