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AI & Robot Ethics2024HT
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Course plan
No of lectures
6-9 seminars (exact number depends on number of participants)
Recommended for
The course is interdisciplinary. It is mainly intended for PhD students in cognitive science, computer science, design and related disciplines. PhD students who have a strong interest in AI and/or robotics, but come from other research areas (e.g., STS, gender studies, or applications of AI/robots in education, healthcare, etc.), are also very welcome.
The course was last given
The course is an updated version of an earlier PhD course called "Ethics of AI and Interactive Autonomous Systems", which was given as a PhD course autumn 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Goals
The main goal is to familiarize students with different ethical issues, theories and models relevant to artificial intelligence and robotics, in particular human interaction with autonomous technologies such as social robots, automated vehicles, virtual agents, chatbots, etc.
Prerequisites
Some background/interest in cognitive science, AI, HCI or HRI.
Organization
The course mainly consists of student presentations and seminars discussing recent books and articles.
Contents
The course addresses different ethical issues, theories and models relevant to AI and robotics, with a focus on human interaction with autonomous technologies such as social robots, automated vehicles, virtual agents, chatbots, etc. The course combines background literature on different ethical theories and frameworks with recent articles on current research issues (e.g., explainable AI, trust) and current debates of societal relevance (e.g., automated vehicles, autonomous weapon systems).
Literature
The course includes the following books:
- Coeckelbergh (2022). Robot Ethics. MIT Press.
- Coeckelbergh (2020). AI Ethics. MIT Press.
- Nyholm (2020). Humans and Robots - Ethics, Agency and
Anthropomorphism. Rowman & Littlefield.
- Gunkel (2023). Person, Thing, Robot - A Moral and Legal Ontology for the
21st Century and Beyond. MIT Press.
Plus a number of journal articles.
Lecturers
Tom Ziemke
Examiner
Tom Ziemke
Examination
Mandatory student presentations, active participation in seminar discussions, and coursework.
Credit
7.5 hp
Comments
Can be given on Zoom if there are non-local participants.
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