Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence 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?

AI is a family of algorithms to automate repetitive events

Deep neural networks have nothing to do with neurons

AI is not artificial intelligence; it is a branch of mathematics in which the attempt is made to use the Turing machine to its limits by using gigantically large amounts of data

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