INQ120F
Living an Examined Life

Daily Schedule

Topics and materials for each day of class.

Date Topic At-home In-class Due
Programming Robots
Mon Jan 18 Intro
Wed Jan 20 Programming Interactive Robots
Fri Jan 22 Class Canceled
Mon Jan 25 Evaluating Oral Presentations
Wed Jan 27 Preparing Oral Presentations Cox: 1-4
Fri Jan 29 Delivering Oral Presentations Cox: 5-8
Mon Feb 1 Algorithms Horton: Algorithms for Love
Wed Feb 3 The Robot Apocalypse Shafer-Landau: 5
Fri Feb 5 Jobs and the Economy Shafer-Landau: 6
Mon Feb 8 Seeming Versus Being Horton: The Nearest Thing
Wed Feb 10 Asimov’s Three Laws Shafer-Landau: 7
Fri Feb 12 Programming Ethics Shafer-Landau: 8
Mon Feb 15 Class Canceled
Wed Feb 17 Programming Killer Robots Shafer-Landau: 9
Fri Feb 19 Banning Killer Robots Shafer-Landau: 10
Robot Free Will & Rights
Mon Feb 22 Free Will Horton: I, Robot
Wed Feb 24 The Turing Test Shafer-Landau: 11
Fri Feb 26 Consciousness Shafer-Landau: 12
Mon Feb 29 Autonomy Horton: Balancing Accounts
Wed Mar 2 Personhood Shafer-Landau: 13
Fri Mar 4 Legal Protection Shafer-Landau: 14
Mon Mar 14 Emotional Turing Test Ex Machina
Wed Mar 16 Responsibility Shafer-Landau: 15
Fri Mar 18 Rights Shafer-Landau: 16
Robot Relationships
Mon Mar 21 Class Canceled
Wed Mar 23 Relationships Shafer-Landau: 17
Mon Mar 28 Robot Pets Shafer-Landau: 18
Wed Mar 30 Medical Care Shafer-Landau: 1
Fri Apr 1 Child Care Shafer-Landau: 2
Mon Apr 4 Class Canceled
Wed Apr 6 Education Shafer-Landau: 3
Fri Apr 8 Sex Shafer-Landau: 4
Mon Apr 11 Love Her
Wed Apr 13 Peer Eval First Draft
Fri Apr 15 Talking to Machines
Mon Apr 18 The Rise of Personal Robots Final Draft
Wed Apr 20 Presentations
Fri Apr 22 Presentations
Mon Apr 25 Presentations