Course Summary
Recent advances in computing may place us at the threshold of a unique turning point in human history. Soon we are likely to entrust management of our environment, economy, security, infrastructure, food production, healthcare, and to a large degree even our personal activities, to artificially intelligent computer systems. The prospect of "turning over the keys" to increasingly autonomous systems raises many complex and troubling questions.Grades: | Pass/No Credit only |
Credits: | 1 |
Lectures: | 80 minutes per week |
Homework: | Occasional Reading |
Textbook: | Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford Press, 2016) |
Schedule
Date | Topic |
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January 10 | Introduction and Course Overview |
January 17 | The History and Philosophy of AI |
January 24 | The Economics of Intelligent Automation |
January 31 | AI and the Law |
February 7 | The Case Against Artificial Intelligence |
February 14 | Algorithmic Bias, Social Robotics, Effects on Governance, and Regulation |
February 21 | Computational Ethics |
February 28 | AI in the Public Imagination, Singularity |
March 7 | A Future History of AI |
March 14 | NO CLASS TODAY!! |