HPS 2354 - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This seminar will consider artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) from the perspective of philosophy of science. Issues addressed by the course may vary from year to year, but they will require critical engagement with several of the following themes: the role of AI/ML in the historical and philosophical foundations of cognitive science and robotics; AI/ML as models of nervous system function, cognitive capacities, and psychological phenomena such as consciousness; explain ability or transparency of AI/ML systems; ethical and other value issues relating arising in scientific and commercial applications of AI/ML; the prospects for automating scientific discovery and scientific reasoning through AI/ML.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis

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