PHIL 33400 Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence

Addresses philosophical issues raised by computers and other machines capable of performing tasks indicative of intelligence (e.g. multiplication, logical reasoning, playing chess, learning a language). The course will focus on topics such as the Turing test; strong and weak AI; concepts of representation, memory and understanding; the frame problem; symbolic versus connectionist approaches to cognitive processing.

Credits

3

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.