Some readings are not firm as of now. Remember: there is no excuse for ignorance of the assigned reading material. Visit this page frequently. Bring a friend. Bring two.
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Date |
Topic |
Reading for |
Assignment |
| Jan 11 | Introduction | slides | |
| Jan 13 | Ethical Foundations I |
Digital People, Chapter 1 Robo Sapiens, Introduction Why the future doesn't need us by Bill Joy slides |
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| Jan 18 | Ethical Foundations II | Introduction to Ethics by Michael Quinn | |
| Jan 20 | Argumentation | slides | |
| Jan 25 | Asimov's Laws | DP, Chapter 2 RS, Electric Dreams slides |
HWK #1: Introduction to Ethics |
| Jan 27 | Bombs, Bonding and Bondage | Motivation
and Emotion in Behavior-Based Robots Field Results for Tactical Mobile Robot Missions |
Term paper assignment #1 |
| Feb 1 | Entertainment Robots I | RS, Serious Fun | |
| Feb 3 | Entertainment Robots II | ||
| Feb 8 | Privacy I | cobot Review of Code with explanation of the 4 regulatory forces (Focus on section titled 'What Regulates and How' |
HWK #2: Many Manifestos |
| Feb 10 | Privacy II | ||
| Feb 15 | Robots and Jobs I | RS, Workmates UNECE press release #1 |
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| Feb 17 | Robots and Jobs II | UNECE press release #2 | |
| Feb 22 | Defense: Killer Applications | BBC article on Robot Troops | |
| Feb 24 | Trigger Pulling: Mixed Initiative | RS, Remote Possibilities, New York Times article: A New Model Army Soldier Rolls Closer to the Battlefield: page 1, page 2, page 3 |
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| March 3 Drop Day is 3/4 |
Exam II | ||
| March 8 | Religion and Robots I | DP, Chapter 4 Don Knuth, "God and Computer Science" Rodney Brooks, "We are Special" |
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| March 10 | Religion and Robots II | DP, Chapter 5 Anne Foerst,Commander Data: A Candidate for Harvard Divinity School Technoethics Boston Globe Article |
Term paper
outline Debate topics (both: 3/11) |
| March 15 | Sexual Activity and Robots I | DP, Chapter 8 Ray Kurzweil, "...And Bodies" |
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| March 17 | Sexual Activity and Robots II |
Guardian article (thanks to Nate J. for pointer) Robot Mannequins |
extra credit |
| March 22 March 24 |
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| March 29 | Social and Cultural Distinctions I | DP, Chapter 7 Who is afraid of the humanoid? Cross cultural responses slides |
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| March 31 | Social and Cultural Distinctions II | ||
| April 5 | Intelligent Beings I | RS, Robo Sapiens | |
| April 7 | Intelligent Beings II | DP, Chapter 9 | |
| April 12 | Presentations & Debates I: Privacy with robots | All debate documents due at the beginning of class. | |
| April 14 | Presentations & Debates II: Job outsourcing to robots | ||
| April 19 | Presentations & Debates III: Robotic war crimes and responsiblity | ||
| April 21 | Presentations & Debates IV: Robot surgery and liability | Term paper | |
| April 26 | Professional Ethics |
Using the new ACM Code of Conduct for Decision Making
ACM Code of Conduct IEEE Code of Conduct IEEE Plagiarism |
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| April 28 | What's Next? A Challenge | out: Take-Home Exam | |
| May 2 - 4 | Final Oral Exam | 5/2: midnight slides and exam 5/4: oral exam (8:00-10:50) [schedule] |
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