AI Ethics

Catalog description

This course has the goal of enabling students to think carefully and critically about an area of technological development that has the potential to disrupt established industries, drive political debate and change, and make us ask fundamental questions about the nature of mind and intelligence. Given the rapid rate at which AI makes inroads into human affairs, topics may change from semester to semester, but will likely include issues relating to: privacy and surveillance, the manipulation of human behavior, algorithm bias, automation and employment, autonomous vehicles and weapons, responsibilities and rights for robots, and the singularity. Prerequisites: AI 108 or three hours of philosophy or consent of instructor.