Week 11: Journal Questions
Answer the following question for
Monday's reading about AI and society:
-
What do we mean when we talk about the tendancy to "athropomorphize" AI systems?
-
Why can this tendancy be harmful?
-
What can we do to help reduce this harm?
Answer the following question for
Wednesday's reading about ethical theories:
-
What is the basic idea behind utilitarian ethics?
-
Describe a serious problem with utilitarianism.
-
What is the basic idea behind deontological ethics?
-
Describe a serious problem with deontology.
Answer the following question for
Friday's reading about Trustworthy and Ethical AI (Mitchell Chapter 7):
-
Mitchell describes a "Great AI Trade-Off"; what is it we are trying to balance here?
-
Given everything you've learned this semester, what do you see as the right way to handle this balance in the near term? (e.g. should we tend towards permissive optimism? should we be very cautious and put strict limits on AI research? how would you handle the "trade-off"?)