Philosophy of Intelligence Exercise SoSe 2023

The lecture starts with a historical overview of the different conceptions of intelligence in Psychology and Philosophy. The theoretical basis of these conceptions is introduced along with the proposed measurement of intelligence. The students learn to criticize the different approaches on the basis of the theoretical conceptions and to name their limits. Then, the relation between theories in Cognitive Science and cognitive modeling is introduced and discussed. A focus will be set on connectionist models in contrast to classical symbol- and rule-based models. The discussion of the different models will especially highlight the different cognitive faculties that favor one or the other model of explanation. With concrete examples, the interdependency between the explanatory goals and the virtues and limits of cognitive modeling are introduced. Finally, a systematic overview of the most important ethical questions arising in the context of developing and implementing AI systems will be given. Based on prominent examples, different ethical theories are illustrated.