The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence

(3-5 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Through readings, lectures, and discussions, the course tackles philosophical questions surrounding AI, with an eye to how it changes views on work and automation. The course also aims to teach students how to use AI, and what AI is doing when it's being used (how it "thinks"). The course will ask epistemological, metaphysical, political, and normative question to ensure a broad understanding of AI and its place with humans. AI Ethics introduces the main ethical issues surrounding AI, including bias, automation, autonomous weapons, moral machines, existential risk, interpretability, and human robot interaction. It combines lecture and seminar discussion to help students think philosophically about how AI affects society and how we should respond to those challenges. Beijing, China (BC): This course is an introduction to the ethical problems raised by artificial intelligence (AI) research and technology, including algorithmic bias, automation and employment, autonomous vehicles, autonomous weapons, engineering moral machines, existential risk, human¿robot interaction, interpretability, machine consciousness, manipulation of behaviour, and more.