0509-472 - Minds and Machines

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Rochester Institute of Technology

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Present and potential technological developments in artificial intelligence and artificial life pose a variety of challenges to traditional accounts of intelligence, life, and personhood. Is the mind a machine Can machines think Could artifacts deserve moral consideration What would happen if machines evolved into the most intelligent and capable beings on the planet Is it possible for "life" and "mind" to emerge out of a wholly material evolutionaprocess This course will address these issues drawing from resources in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of technology. Part of the philosophy concentration and minor. It may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rit.edu/

Phone Number:

(585) 475-2411

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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