PHIL 3021 Humanity, Technology and Existence (Advanced)
PHIL 3021 Humanity, Technology and Existence (Advanced) (10 Credit Points)
Accelerating technological development challenges the limits of our ability to think about humanity and the world. Philosophy offers approaches to meet these challenges both through the immediate, practical consideration of particular ethical conundrums posed by Artificial Intelligence and through deeper consideration of the nature of technology and its relationship to our humanity. In this subject, students will rigorously and philosophically examine questions such as how AI systems should be guided to act in relation to crucial, life-or-death decision-making, the possible risks of accelerating feedback in autonomous, self-adjusting AI systems (e.g. exponential power use), and the effect that the increasing use of AI may have on human subjectivity itself, for example through delegating cognitive tasks.
Level: Undergraduate Level 3 subject
Incompatible Subjects: PHIL 1009
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