Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence

(4 Credits)

We will look at a range of questions raised by the technology of artificial intelligence, and by large language models in particular. Topics include: How do LLMs work? Do they represent the world; do they think; do they understand what they are saying? Could an AI ever be conscious? What responsibilities do we have when we delegate decisions to AI? Should we treat AI kindly; is it immoral to switch it off? Could it destroy us? If not, what kind of future will AI bring? What will AI mean for work? For scientific research? For friendship and love?