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Revision as of 12:28, 17 February 2020

Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence

Draft Schedule

Wed Feb 19 14:30 - 17:15 3h

General introduction
A general introduction to philosophy
The philosophical background of AI
Turing's test and Searle's Chinese Room argument
Intelligence vs. consciousness
What is intelligence and what do intelligence tests measure?
General AI vs. Narrow AI
Readings:
There is no general AI
Humanness

Thu Feb 20 09:30 - 12:15 3h

Introduction to ontology
Ontology in philosophy
Ontology in information and data science
Ontology in AI
Basic Formal Ontology (ISO/IEC 21838-2)
The origins of Basic Formal Ontology
Why should an ontology become an ISO standard?
What you can do with BFO in philosophy
How ontologies are used in information and data science
Background
Ontology of Language, Ontology of Terrorism, Ontology of Obligations

Fri Feb 21 09:30 - 12:15 3h

Affordances and the background of Artificial Intelligence
Making AI Meaningful Again

Tue May 19 14:30 - 17:15 3h

AI and Transhumanism: Can we download the contents of our brains onto a computer and become immortal?
https://buffalo.box.com/v/We-are-living-in-a-simulation Scott Adams: We are living in a simulation]
AI and the meaning of life:
AI and The Matrix

Wed May 20 09:30 - 12:15 3h

There is no general AI
The Turing test

Fri May 22 9:30 - 12:15 3h

Artificial intelligence and digital manufacturing

Tue May 26 14:30 - 17:15 3h

The problem of meaningful AI
AI and intelligence analysis
The Cognitive Process Ontology
Warrant

Wed May 27 13:30 - 17:00 4h

Driverless philosophy / Philosophy on rails

Thu May 28 09:30 - 12:15 3h

Dialogue with Jobst Landgrebe (Cognotekt, Cologne) on the Social Impact of AI


Further Background Reading

Jordan Peterson's Essay Writing Guide

Gerald J. Erion and Barry Smith, “In Defense of Truth: Skepticism, Morality, and The Matrix”, in W. Irwin (ed.), Philosophy and The Matrix, La Salle and Chicago: Open Court, 2002, 16–27.
Max More and Natasha Vita-More (Eds.), The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
Jobst Landgrebe and Barry Smith, “Making AI Meaningful Again”, Synthese, DOI 10.1007/s11229-019-02192-y