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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1. 9/13
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Introduction & Overview
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N/A
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2. 9/20
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Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
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Oxford Handbook, Ch. 1
New Law of Robotics, Ch.1
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3. 9/27
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Fairness & Bias
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Algorithmic bias - Sina Fazelpour and David Danks https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/phc3.12760?af=R
Are Algorithms Value-Free? - Gabrielle M. Johnson https://www.gmjohnson.com/uploads/5/2/5/1/52514005/are_algorithms_value_free_.pdf
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4. 10/6
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AI and Democracy
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Guest Lecturer: Miller
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5. 10/11
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Justice
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Algorithmic injustice - Abeba Birhane https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389921000155
Data Owning Democracy or Digital Socialism? - James Muldoon https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13698230.2022.2120737
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6. 10/18
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Healing Humans
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New Law of Robotics, Ch.2
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7. 10/25
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Machine Learners
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New Law of Robotics, Ch.3
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8. 11/1
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The Alien Intelligence of Media
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New Law of Robotics, Ch.4
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9. 11/8
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Machines Judging Humans
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New Law of Robotics, Ch.5
Stop Explaining Black Box Machine Learning Models for High Stakes Decisions and Use Interpretable Models Instead - Cynthia Rudin
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1811.10154.pdf
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10. 11/15
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Computational Power and Human Wisdom
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New Law of Robotics, Ch.7 & 8
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11. 11/22
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Bias Dilemma
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The Bias Dilemma - Oisín Deery and Katherine Bailey
https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fpq/article/view/14292
On the Advantages of Distinguishing Between Predictive and Allocative Fairness in Algorithmic Decision‐Making - Fabian Beigang - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11023-022-09615-9
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12. 11/29
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Transparency
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Transparency in Complex Computational Systems - Kathleen Creel
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/philosophy-of-science/article/transparency-in-complex-computational-systems/4DB040EB28172CADF5F2858B62D0952C
Algorithmic and Human Decision Making - Mario Günther and Atoosa Kasirzadeh https://www.mario-guenther.com/_files/ugd/70b9dd_ff087ae509034fb9b126dcf783182457.pdf
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13. 12/6
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Privacy
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A modern Pascal's wager for mass electronic surveillance. - David Danks https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d0320212a261d8716949f/t/621319146907794d4dba3724/1645418773886/Telos-PascalsWager-Pub.pdf
The Surveillance Society - Oscar H. Handy Jnr. https://academic.oup.com/joc/article-abstract/39/3/61/4210548
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14. 12/13
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Alignment
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Ethical Issues in Advanced Artificial Intelligence - Nick Bostrom https://nickbostrom.com/ethics/ai
Risk Imposition by Artificial Agents - Johanna Thoma
https://johannathoma.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/moral-proxy-problem-feb-2021.pdf
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15. 12/20
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Group Discussion & Office Hour
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16. 12/27
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Group Discussion & Office Hour
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17. 1/3
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Final Presentation
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18. 1/10
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Final presentation
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