Cultivating Ethics with SciFi AI
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This course leverages both heroic and dangerous fictional AI archetypes to instill moral reasoning within modern models.
Course Schedule (as of 2/29/24)
Semester 1: Ethical AI Mentors in Science Fiction
- Course 1: Developing an Ethical Decision Making Framework (Lt. Commander Data, Star Trek:TNG) - bonus episode! Star Trek's Other AI - Lore, the Doctor, and the Ship Computer
- Course 2: Coding Compassion and Empath (Baymax, Big Hero Six)
- (Publishing Now!) Course 3: Beyond Beeps and Boops: Rebels and Allies (Star Wars Droids)
- Course 1: HAL-lmark of Artificial Intelligence: Safety, Hubris, and a Double Murder in Space (HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey)
- Course 2: Beyond the Abyss: Unveiling Ethical A I with A M and the Terror of Unchecked Power (the Allied Mastercomputer from I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
- Course 5: Mini-Modules
- Course 5/1: Exploring the Blurred Lines Between Humans and AI in Creativity: a Creative Sora vs. an Authentic Simone (Simone from S1MONE, 2002)
- Course 5/2: TBA
- Episode 1: Japanese Animated Cyberpunk: Akira (1988), Ghost in the Shell (1995), and more!
- Episode 2: Mega Man Levels Up: Artificial Intelligences that Grow Beyond Their Original Programming
- Episode 3: WALL-E: More than a Trash Compactor from the Future
- Episode 4: HAL 9000 Reboot: Revisiting the Little Red Dot
Join the discussion - we're in the first days of perhaps one of the greatest feats of human innovation. What does AI mean for our future, and can we control it before it gets out of hand?
Don't worry: we've got the Connors on retainer. Just in case.
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