PHIL206

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PHIL206 - Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Philosophy Undergraduate UA - UA General

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the ethics of artificial intelligence and automated information systems. The recent development of transformer models, including large language models like ChatGPT, has brought to the fore urgent questions about how we must understand, classify, and react to artificially intelligent systems. Learners will learn foundational aspects about AI, including what it means for machines to think and best current understanding of machine abilities to emote, create, imagine, and so on. On the basis of this understanding the course will delve into a critical examination of a range of ethical questions raised by recent developments in AI, including issues pertaining to job losses due to automation, privacy, algorithmic bias and discrimination, transparency, self-driving cars and autonomous drones, copyright infringement, attribution of agency.

Min Units

3

Max Units

3

Repeatable for Credit

No

Grading Basis

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Career

Undergraduate

Course Attributes

GEED - BC (Gen Ed: Building Connections)

Name

Discussion

Workload Hours

0

Optional Component

Yes

Name

Lecture

Workload Hours

3

Optional Component

No

Typically Offered Main Campus

Fall, Spring

Typically Offered Distance Campus

Not Offered

Typically Offered UA Online Campus

Not Offered

Typically Offered Phoenix Campus

Not Offered

Typically Offered South Campus

Not Offered

Typically Offered Community Campus

Not Offered