Honors 360
Sections 001 & 002

Course Schedule

The schedule of readings will almost certainly change during the course of the semester, depending on the interests in the class. We may not discuss all readings in class, but you should be prepared to discuss the readings if and when they come up in class discussions.

Week 1 (Aug 21 – 27): Course Introduction and Concepts
Background: Turing and Shannon
Turing, "Computing Machinery and Intelligence"
Weaver, "Recent Contribution to the Mathematical Theory of Communication"
Discussion Post 1 (Introductions)

Week 2 (Aug 28 – Sept 3): Cybernetics, Feedback, & Homeostasis
Cybernetics, communication, codes, and control.
HUHB chapters 1 - 4
Discussion Post 2

Week 3 (Sept 5 – 10):
(Labor Day, Mon Sept 4. University Closed)
HUHB chapters 5 - 7
Discussion Post 3

Week 4 (Sept 11 – 17):
HUHB chapters 9 -11
Essay 1 due Sept 17

Week 5 (Sept 18 – 24): AI
OpenAI
Philosophers on GPT-3 (Daily Nous)
Future of Life Institute
Discussion Post 4

Week 6 (Sept 25 – Oct 1): SI
Bostrom SI ch 1-3
Research Proposal due Oct 1
Research groups form
Discusion post 5

Week 7 (Oct 2 – 8):
Bostrom SI ch 4-6
Discussion Post 6

Week 8: (Oct 10 – 15):
(Fall Break: Monday classes meet Tuesday; Tuesday classes do not meet)
Bostrom SI ch 7 - 8
Discussion Post 7

Week 9 (Oct 16 – 22): E
Bostrom SI ch 9 - 11
Discussion Post 8

Week 10 (Oct 23 –29):
Bostrom SI ch 12-15
Discussion Post 9

Week 11 (Oct 30 – Nov 5): Consciousness
Chalmers, "Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness"
Schneider, Intro, ch 1-3
Discussion Post 10

Week 12 (Nov 6 – 12): The Self
Schneider, ch 4 - 6
Discussion Post 10
Discussion Post 11

Week 13 (Nov 13 –19):
Schneider, ch 7 - 8, Conclusion
Discussion Post 11

Week 14 (Nov 20 – 22):
Thanksgiving Break Nov 23 – 26
Research groups report

Week 14 (Nov 27 – Dec 2):
Research groups report

Research Paper due Dec 3

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