Course Schedule

This evolving schedule specifies what students are expected to have read in preparation for each class period. The schedule may be revised at any time to adjust to the pace of the class. 

Students are advised to visit the companion Moodle site to find readings that are supposed to completed <before> each class period.

Some materials will be made available here as hyperlinks.

DateTopicsMaterials
02/02/2021Course Introduction. Exploring moral philosophy.Ethics [slides]
02/04/2021Ethical theories as tools for resolving moral dilemmas.
02/09/2021Learning to identify moral dilemmas: case studies.
02/11/2021Applying ethical theories to solve moral dilemmas: case studies.
02/16/2021Morality and AI/robots.
02/18/2021Machine ethics and metaethics.
02/23/2021NO CLASSES
02/25/2021Making sense of everything so far.
03/02/2021Rossum's Universal Robots: cultural impact and moral lessons.
03/04/2021Robots and Laws.
03/09/2021Machines Like Me: historical background.
03/11/2021Machines Like Me: societal/cultural connections.
03/16/2021Machines Like Me: from fiction to reality.
03/18/2021A conversation with guests: Grace Cook and Jordan Sechler. (Paper due tomorrow 03/19/2021)
03/23/2021Welcome to the middle of the semester!
(written reflections; project kickoff)
03/25/2021Robots and gender.
03/30/2021Robots and race.
04/01/2021Exploring ethically aligned design.
04/06/2021The intersection with the metaphysical.
04/13/2021Into the robot kingdom.What can we learn from robots in Japan?
Japan's 'healing robots' help ease COVID-19 isolation
04/15/2021Idol culture and vocaloids.Idol Culture & Industry
Hatsune Miko Expo 2018
The World is Mine
LA Concert 2018
Keisuke Yamada
04/20/2021Making sense of everything so far.Lawrence Lek website
04/22/2021NO CLASSES (Paper due tomorrow 04/23/2021)
04/27/2021AI and creativity.
04/29/2021Group presentations.
05/04/2021Group presentations.
05/06/2021Group presentations.
05/10/2021Group presentations.
05/12/2021Conclusion and course evaluation.
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