Honors 360
Sections 005 & 006

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 (Jan 23 – 29): Course Introduction and Concepts
Background: Turing and AI
Open AI projects (ChatGPT, DALL-E, etc)
Discussion Post 1 (Introductions)

Week 2 (Jan 30 – Feb 5): AI and Society
Philosophers on GPT-3 (Daily Nous)
Chapter summary signups
Discussion Post 2

Week 3 (Feb 6 – 12): Paths to AI
Bostrom SI ch 1-2
Future of Life Institute
Discussion Post 3

Week 4 (Feb 13 – 19): Intelligence Explosion
Bostrom SI ch 3 - 4
Discussion Post 4
Research Proposal due Sunday February 19

Week 5 (Feb 20 – 26): Decisive Strategic Advantage
Bostrom SI ch 5 - 6
Discussion post 5
Research groups form
Begin gathering sources for Research Source Analysis

Week 6 (Feb 27 – March 5): AI Will
Bostrom SI ch 7 - 8
Discussion Post 6

Week 7 (March 6 – 12): The Control Problem
Bostrom SI ch 9 -10
Discussion Post 7

Week 8: (March 13 – 19):
Spring Break

Week 9 (March 20 – 26): The Value Problem
Bostrom SI ch 11 - 12
Cummings, "Lethal Autonomous Weapons"
Discussion post 8

Week 10 (March 27 – April 2): CEV
Bostrom SI ch 13-15
Discussion Post 9

Week 11 (April 3 – 9): Consciousness
Chalmers, "Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness"
Schneider, Intro, ch 1-3
Discussion Post 10
Evidence Analysis due Sunday April 9

Week 12 (April 10 – 16): The Self
Schneider, ch 4 - 6
Discussion Post 11
Final Paper Outline due April 16

Week 13 (April 17 – 23): Alien Intelligence
Schneider, ch 7 - 8, Conclusion
Discussion Post 12

Week 14 (April 24 – 30): Research Projects
Research groups report

Week 15 (May 1 – 6):
Research groups report

Final Paper due May 6

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