Ai, ethics and law

The course is meant to provide the student with the fundamental notions underlying the main ethical theories and XX century theories of positive law as exemplified in the con-text of AI systems. At the end of the course, the student will be able to identify ethical problems relative to AI systems, critically reason about the applicability of the main con-ceptual tools found in the philosophical literature and of some of the main formal tools of logic, qualify potential choices concerning the ethical criteria that apply from case to case and concerning the implementation of the relevant control mechanisms, and choose the correct juridical instruments to face the new challenges of "intelligent" tech-nologies.

- Systematize general principles (law and ethics)
- Identify the broader justice issues raised by the wide deployment of AI
- Take account of the social and human dimensions of the engineering profession.
- Acquire an introductory knowledge of the main problems of the philosophy of morals and ethics and of the main approaches to them
- Acquire a general knowledge of the interactions between AI and ethics and of the specific problems that arise in applying ethical reasoning to AI
- Be able to approach specific ethical problems in AI and to critically reason about possible conceptual and technical solutions
- Acquire an introductory knowledge of some of the main symbolic formalisms employed for the development and testing of ethical behaviour in AI systems