What Does It Mean to Be Human?

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summarize and explain the central themes, principles, and arguments of existential and humanist philosophers studied in the course; analyze and understand the arguments or other considerations advanced in support of those positions, in writing and speaking; identify and critically assess some of the challenges posed to the possibility of general artificial intelligence and technological development more generally from existential and humanistic perspectives; identify and describe the connections between existentialist thought and its impact on thinking in cognitive science and artificial intelligence; articulate and support one's own view on the meaning of being human in response to existential and humanistic accounts as well as recent developments in artificial intelligence research.