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Can machines think? What does it mean to be intelligent? What’s next?
From its humble beginnings in 1956 as an undergraduate summer research question to a 10+ trillion dollar industry in the 2020s powered by exascale data centers and global supply chains, artificial intelligence, or AI, has been through many cycles of “AI booms” and “AI winters” but has always wrestled with these central questions. And these fundamental questions predate AI, hailing from a rich intellectual tradition including philosophy, engineering, linguistics, the arts, and the sciences!
In this program, students will apply proven, interdisciplinary methodologies to critically engage with AI, its capabilities, and its implications. Students will emerge prepared to turn knowledge into action with present and future AI technologies.
At least 5 total courses distributed across each theme.
At least 1 course from each theme.
Note: All courses listed below are 4 semester hours unless otherwise specified.
Theme: Computation
AI 101 Understanding AI
Theme: Natural and Constructed Intelligence
One of:
MATH 251W Foundations of Advanced Mathematics
PHIL 140 Symbolic Logic
PHIL-360W Philosophy of Mind
PSYC 350 Cognitive Processes*
Theme: Technology, Language, and Ethics
ANTH 346 Technology and Society
IDS 155 Introduction to Linguistics
MUSC 223 Music and AI: Creative Practices and Critical Inquiry
PHIL 235W Philosophical Ethics
* PSYC 350 has a hidden PSYC 210 requirement which may discretionarily be met by AP or transfer credit.
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