Artificial intelligence in Society: Language, Knowledge, and Ethics
Summary
This course explores AI's impact on society, science, and philosophy from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students will examine AI applications, design issues, and their ethical, linguistic, and epistemological implications.
Taught by experts in Linguistics, Logic, Philosophy, and Theory of Science it provides insights into current public and scientific concerns.
About
This course will provide students with an interdisciplinary perspective on current discussions about AI’s impact on society, science, and philosophy. It will encourage interdisciplinary understanding: we will present a smorgasbord of topics that will cover various applications of AI and the design issues they raise; we will then examine the implications of these designs for issues like current ethical questions, linguistic understanding, reasoning, communication, or the production and establishment of knowledge in society and scientific domains.
Artificial Intelligence, often abbreviated as AI, refers to the creation of systems that can perform tasks requiring human-like intelligence. These tasks include learning from experience, making decisions, understanding natural language, and reasoning through complex problems.
AI technology has rapidly advanced and is now crucial in various fields such as healthcare, law, finance, education, media, and entertainment. Its potential to transform different aspects of society is significant.
During the course, you will be informed about the wide-ranging consequences of AI research and its impact on society. This interdisciplinary approach means you'll engage with various different fields of study. For instance, you might examine ethical questions related to the deployment and accountability of AI owners and designers or to what extent we can trust AI systems to make important decisions. Other questions include considering how much AI systems can be said to understand human languages and have the potential to interact naturally with humans or how AI can be used to enhance the efficient sharing of knowledge in society.
The course will be taught by experts in (Computational) Linguistics, Logic, Theoretical and Practical Philosophy, and Theory of Science. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of current issues that are not only of high interest to the public but also of great importance in the scientific community.
About the distance version of the course
Please note that the distance version of the course requires obligatory attendance of the lectures online on Zoom.
Prerequisites and selection
Entry requirements
English 6
Selection
Selection is based upon average grade from upper secondary school (34 %), the number of credits from previous university studies, maximum 165 credits (33 %) and Högskoleprovet - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (33 %).
Facilities
For those who study the course on campus, teaching takes place in the Faculty of Humanities' premises in central Gothenburg. Renströmsgatan 6.
For those who study the course remotely, teaching takes place online.
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Exchange opportunities
There are also opportunities to study abroad for students on freestanding courses. Within the humanities, you can choose to go on an educational student exchange.