CPSC 019. Ethics & Technology

Cross-listed with PHIL 027
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other forms of technology have become pervasive in our daily lives. With this technology comes serious ethical questions. How do we use, create, and regulate all of it responsibly? Philosophers are often well-equipped to wrestle with ethical questions, but less well-equipped to wrestle with questions of technology itself. Computer scientists are well-equipped to deal with the problems and challenges of technology, but less well-equipped to deal with the ethical problems and challenges that technology can pose. In this co-taught course, we bring together the two fields to address ethical questions involving social media, data mining, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and other topics.
Prerequisite: First- and second-year students must complete one introductory level PHIL course before enrolling in this course.
Natural Science.
1 credit.
Eligible for COGS.
Spring 2024. Thomason, Meeden.
Catalog chapter: Computer Science
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science

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