EMN U1 – Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

 

Reading list:

  • Philip K. Dick, Do androids dream of electric sheep?
  • Martin Ford, The rise of the robots

Session 1 (Sept. 18th)

Assignment group A:

  • Read Isaac Asimov, I, Robot, Chapter 1, “Doctor Susan Calvin – Robot-psychologist” (PDF)
  • Read Philip K. Dick, Do androids dream of electric sheep?, Chapter 3, pp. 23-25 (PDF)
  • Watch the interview of Sophia on iTV

Question: Is Sophia an intelligent being? If no, why not?

  • Divide the work individually and then discuss together
  • During the tutorial, split in two sides: ‘yes’ and ‘no’

Assignment group B:

  • Read and watch the assignments of group A, plus:
  • Watch the video on IBM’s Watson on CNN

Question: Who is more intelligent, Sophia or Watson? What are your criterias?

  • Divide the work individually and then discuss together
  • During the tutorial, split in several sides

Assignment groups C & D:

  • Read and watch the assignments of groups A & B, plus:
  • Read Isaac Asimov, I, Robot, Chapter “Runaround” (PDF)
  • Read Philip K. Dick, Do androids dream of electric sheep?, Chapter 5, pp. 38-43 (PDF)

Question: In the future, will we have to judge robots in court for their actions? Outline cases and examples illustrating the different situations possible.

  • Divide the work individually and then discuss together
  • During the tutorial, split in several sides

 

Session 2 (Nov. 7th)

Assignment:

  • Read Philip K. Dick, Do androids dream of electric sheep? (the entire novel)
  • Read the Introduction and Chapter 1 of Martin Ford (“The Automation Wave”)

 

Session 3 (Nov. 21st)

Assignment:

  • Read Chapter 4 of Martin Ford (“White-Collar Jobs at Risk”)

Presentation:

  • M. Tegmark, Life 3.0. Chapter 3 “The Near Future” (PDF)

 

Session 4 (Dec. 5th)

Assignment:

  • Watch the documentary Alphago
  • Read Chapter 9 of Martin Ford (“Super-Intelligence and the Singularity”)

Presentation:

  • Garry Kasparov, Deep thinking, Chapter 7, “The Deep End” (PDF)

 

Session 5 (Dec. 12th)

Assignment:

  • Read Chapter 10 of Martin Ford (“Toward a New Economic Paradigm”)

Presentation:

  • Jerry Kaplan, Artificial Intelligence. Chapter 4, “The philosophy of AI” (PDF)