Course Schedule & Requirements
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Week
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Topic
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Content and Reading Assignment
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TeachingActivities andHomework
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Student workload expectation
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In-class Hours
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Outside-
of-class Hours
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1
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Overview
Sep 16, 2020
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3
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2
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2
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Introduction to AI and legal liabilities
Sep 23, 2020
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John Frank Weaver, Robots are people too,
Ch. 1, & 2, pp. 5- 67.
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3
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5
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3
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The stage for surveillance capitalism
Sep 30, 2020
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Zuboff, Ch. 1-2
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3
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5
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4
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Behavioral surplus and its analysis
Oct 7, 2020
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Zuboff, Ch. 3-4
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3
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5
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5.
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Division of Learning
Oct 14, 2020
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Zuboff Ch. 5-6
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Special Sessions: Technology and the High-Income Trap in East Asia
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6.
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Taiwan in the High-Income Trap
Oct 21, 2020
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Guest Speaker
Syaru Shirley Lin
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7.
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Hong Kong in the High-Income Trap
Oct 28, 2020
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Guest Speaker
Syaru Shirley Lin
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8.
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Japan in the High-Income Trap
Nov 3, 2020
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Guest Speaker
Syaru Shirley Lin
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9.
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South Korea in the High-Income Trap
Nov 10, 2020
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Guest Speaker
Syaru Shirley Lin
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10.
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South Korea in the High-Income Trap
Nov 17, 2020
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Guest Speaker
Syaru Shirley Lin
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11.
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Conclusion
Nov 24, 2020
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Guest Speaker
Syaru Shirley Lin
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12
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Business & Data
Dec 1, 2020
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Zuboff, Ch. 7 -8
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3
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5
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13
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Rendition from the depths
Dec 8, 2020
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Zuboff, Ch. 9-10
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3
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5
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14
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Two Species of power
Dec 15, 2020
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Zuboff, Ch. 11-12
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3
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5
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15
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A Utopia of Certainty
Dec 22, 2020
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Zuboff, Ch. 13, 14
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3
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5
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16
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Collectivism
Dec 29, 2020
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Zuboff, Ch. 15, 16
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3
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5
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17
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Hive and the right to sanctuary
Jan 6, 2021
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Zuboff, Ch. 15 -18
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3
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5
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18
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AI, Privacy Rights and Democracy
Jan 13, 2021
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Students’ final presentation
Reference: Robots are people too，Ch. 6, pp. 173-208.
Smith, Ch. 3, 5, 6, 8, 12,14, 15
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3
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5
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