Philosophical Objections to Artificial Intelligence, Part II FIL-ENG>wm02
T_1. Computer architecture and the brain
T_2. The mind and AI
T_3. AI Paradigms
T_4. Problem of meaning in AI
T_5. Consciousness and AI
T_6. The possibility of AI ethical agents
T_7. Current State of AI
T_7. Review of the topics discussed in the Winter and Summer semesters
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Term 2024/2025-L:
The aim of this lecture is to present critical philosophical perspectives on the foundational concepts of AI systems. It focuses on the philosophical objections to AI. This lecture is a continuation of the lecture from the Winter Semester 2024/25. The Winter semester discussed Gödel’s theorem and Turing Tests. Topics discussed in this lecture include the challenges of artificial minds and intelligence, embodied AI and ethical AI agents, artificial consciousness, and the issue of meaning in AI. The lecture will be based on the book by Dietrich E. C., Fields, J. Sullins, B. von Heuveln, and R. Zebrowski (2023), Great Philosophical Objections to Artificial Intelligence (London: Bloomsbury Academic), covering chapters 3 to 9 |
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Learning outcomes
Expected results :
EK_1. A student will gain an understanding of the fundamental technical and philosophical concepts of AI systems.
Ek_2. A student will be able to discuss controversies surrounding Artificial Intelligence systems and AI paradigms.
Ek_3. A student will be prepared to better understand relationship between AI and philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, and foundations of synthetic thinking systems.
Assessment criteria
Assessment method, credit requirements:
• (W_1) Grading submitted three abstracts 200-300 words; on the topic of the lectures (3 x20%) - 60%
Two short papers – on the discussed topics 600- 800 words (2x 10%) mid-term, and end of term
Take–home exam with 10 short answers - 15%
• Penalty for the late work – 5% of the grade
• Student's activity during the class as well the discussion of the paper may raise one's grade.- 5%
• Attendance is mandatory ;Pass mark is 60%
60%≤3; 70%≤ 3.5;80%≤4;90%≤4.5;95%≤5%
Practical placement
N/A
Bibliography
Primary literature:
Dietrich E. C., Fields, J. Sullins, B. von Heuveln, and R. Zebrowski. 2023. Great philosophical objections to Artificial Intelligence. London: Blumsbury Academic.
Additional background reading and online lectures for Erasmus students:
Aleksander, I. 2022. "From Turing to Conscious Machines" Philosophies 7, no. 3: 57. https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies7030057.
Dan Hendricks. 2024. “Introduction to AI Safety, Ethics, and Society. Available at https://www.aisafetybook.com/.
LeCun, Y. 2024. Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun talks about the future of artificial intelligence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah6nR8YAYF4.
Maslej, N. Loredana Fattorini, Raymond Perrault, Vanessa Parli, Anka Reuel, Erik Brynjolfsson, John Etchemendy,Katrina Ligett, Terah Lyons, James Manyika, Juan Carlos Niebles, Yoav Shoham, Russell Wald, and Jack Clark, 2024. “The AI Index 2024 Annual Report,” AI Index Steering Committee, Institute for Human-Centered AI, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, April 2024.
Mitchel M. 2024. Future of Artificial Intelligence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAiXT1mGTXc.
Mitchell, M. 2019. Artificial Intelligence. A Guide for thinking Humans. London. Penguin.
Müller, V.2023. Philosophy of AI: A Structured Overview. Nathalie A. Smuha (ed.), Cambridge handbook on the law, ethics and policy of Artificial Intelligence (pp.1-25)Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Nagel, E. and J. Newman. 2005. Gödel’s Proof. London: Routledge.
Russell, Stuart J.; Norvig, Peter (2021). Artificial intelligence: A modern approach (4th ed.). Pearson. pp. 5, 1003. ISBN 9780134610993.
Russell, S. 2019. Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control. Viking.
Searle, J. 1980. Minds, Brains and Programs. Behavioral Brain Sci.3:417–457
Searle, J. R. 1998. Mind, Language and Society: Philosophy in the Real World. New York: Basic Books.
Notes
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Term 2024/2025-L:
All lecture materials are provide don line at the MSTeams Lecture page. |
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