Schedule
| Date | ||
| Class 1 (3 September) |
Pre-Course Survey (29 August) Seminar Introduction |
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| Class 2 (10 September) |
Before class: readings and responses details, see week 1. Sapiens, Chapters 1-8; Why Technology Favors Tyranny | |
| Class 3 (17 September) |
Before class: readings and responses details, see week 2. Sapiens, Chapters 9-13; Alan Turing, Computing Machinery and Intelligence (1950); (optional) Claude Shannon, Programming a Computer for Playing Chess; Silver et al., Mastering Chess and Shogi by Self-Play with a General Reinforcement Learning Algorithm, 2017. | |
| Class 4 (24 September) |
Before class: readings and responses details, see week 3. Sapiens, Chapters 14-17; Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Science's Endless Golden Age; Tim Urban ("Wait but why"), The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence (Part I), 2015; John Maynard Keynes, Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren, 1930. | |
| Sunday, 30 September | Idea for First Paper Due | |
| Class 5 (1 October) |
Before class: prepare to discuss ideas for paper; readings and responses, see week 4. Sapiens, Chapters 18-end; Hallpike's review; Tim Urban ("Wait but why"), The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence (Part 2), 2015. | |
| Fall Break | ||
| Class 6 (15 October) | Bostrom, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, Chapters 1-4. | |
| Wednesday, 17 October | First Paper Draft Due | |
| Class 7 (22 October) | Black Mirror (and writing advice) | |
| Class 8 (29 October) | AI Control | |
| Thursday, 1 November (4:59pm) | First Paper Final Due | |
| Class 9 (5 November) | Papers Workshop | |
| Class 10 (12 November) | Allison Pugh (UVA Professor of Sociology); discuss ideas for papers | |
| Wednesday, 14 November | Proposal for Final Paper Due | |
| Class 11 (19 November) | Security and Malicious Use of AI | |
| Tuesday, 20 November | Paper Update Due | |
| Class 12 (26 November) | Fairness | |
| Class 13 (3 December) | Paper Presentations and James Micken's talk | |
| Monday, 10 December | Final Papers | |
Schedule
| Date | ||
| Class 1 (3 September) |
Pre-Course Survey (29 August) Seminar Introduction |
|
| Class 2 (10 September) |
Before class: readings and responses details, see week 1. Sapiens, Chapters 1-8; Why Technology Favors Tyranny | |
| Class 3 (17 September) |
Before class: readings and responses details, see week 2. Sapiens, Chapters 9-13; Alan Turing, Computing Machinery and Intelligence (1950); (optional) Claude Shannon, Programming a Computer for Playing Chess; Silver et al., Mastering Chess and Shogi by Self-Play with a General Reinforcement Learning Algorithm, 2017. | |
| Class 4 (24 September) |
Before class: readings and responses details, see week 3. Sapiens, Chapters 14-17; Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Science's Endless Golden Age; Tim Urban ("Wait but why"), The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence (Part I), 2015; John Maynard Keynes, Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren, 1930. | |
| Sunday, 30 September | Idea for First Paper Due | |
| Class 5 (1 October) |
Before class: prepare to discuss ideas for paper; readings and responses, see week 4. Sapiens, Chapters 18-end; Hallpike's review; Tim Urban ("Wait but why"), The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence (Part 2), 2015. | |
| Fall Break | ||
| Class 6 (15 October) | Bostrom, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, Chapters 1-4. | |
| Wednesday, 17 October | First Paper Draft Due | |
| Class 7 (22 October) | Black Mirror (and writing advice) | |
| Class 8 (29 October) | AI Control | |
| Thursday, 1 November (4:59pm) | First Paper Final Due | |
| Class 9 (5 November) | Papers Workshop | |
| Class 10 (12 November) | Allison Pugh (UVA Professor of Sociology); discuss ideas for papers | |
| Wednesday, 14 November | Proposal for Final Paper Due | |
| Class 11 (19 November) | Security and Malicious Use of AI | |
| Tuesday, 20 November | Paper Update Due | |
| Class 12 (26 November) | Fairness | |
| Class 13 (3 December) | Paper Presentations and James Micken's talk | |
| Monday, 10 December | Final Papers | |