AI and robotic technologies raise pressing ethical issues. Topics discussed may include big data and privacy, the ‘black box’ problem and bias, human-AI interaction, automation and responsibility, AI codes of ethics, the moral status of AI, and potential risks to humanity posed by superintelligence. Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit in PHIL, or second year standing. Lecture three hours a week.
AI and robotic technologies raise pressing ethical issues. Topics discussed may include big data and privacy, the ‘black box’ problem and bias, human-AI interaction, automation and responsibility, AI codes of ethics, the moral status of AI, and potential risks to humanity posed by superintelligence. Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit in PHIL, or second year standing. Lecture three hours a week.
