CORE 002 SC - The Digital World

This course will examine questions that arise from extant and potential advances in digital technology, including: Could AI systems pose risks to humanity’s efforts towards justice, to its development, or even to its survival? How could such risks be mitigated? Would adopting a digital currency be wise, or even possible? Could a virtual world be as real, or as valuable, as the physical world? We will examine these topics from the perspectives of philosophy, computer science, and economics.

Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.