Description
An exploration of ethical issues that arise in the Age of Information. Topics to be discussed may include technology, surveillance and privacy, social media and privacy, social media and cognitive bias, bias in algorithms, AI ethics, intellectual property, and freedom of expression and assembly.
Prerequisites
- Prerequisite(s): a course in philosophy or second-year standing.
Conditions and arrangements
- Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for PHIL 2104 (no longer offered).
- Prerequisite(s): a course in philosophy or second-year standing.
- Lectures three hours a week.
Reference text in its original language
An exploration of ethical issues that arise in the Age of Information. Topics to be discussed may include technology, surveillance and privacy, social media and privacy, social media and cognitive bias, bias in algorithms, AI ethics, intellectual property, and freedom of expression and assembly.
- Prerequisite(s): a course in philosophy or second-year standing.
- Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for PHIL 2104 (no longer offered).
- Lectures three hours a week.
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