Jessica de Jesus de Pinho Pinhal
Fr. 22.04.-22.07. (weekly)
10-12 am
Room MA 141

This seminar will lead through the topic of epistemology and ethics of AI bridging between computer and data science, social sciences, and philosophy. We will discuss such questions as:
What exactly is AI, which are the contemporary approaches, and what will follow? What can Theory of Mind and Agency contribute to AI research and development? How is a moral or normative AI conceivable and therefore programmable? There are various moral systems and normative theories that contradict each other. Which of them should we implement in AI, i.e. which values and norms should we teach it? How can we implement something very vague and not agreed upon in AI in the first place? A possible hypothesis: We can achieve a better understanding of human morality itself by precisely figuring out how to morally program AI.

Literature

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Selmer Bringsjord, Artificial Intelligence, 2018.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Vincent C. Müller, 2020.