The participantsexpand their knowledge regarding the limits of formal sciences,explore a topic between computer science and philosophy,discuss a long-standing question regarding the limits of technology,improve their presentation skills.

seminar-like: presentations, discussions

In this course, we will focus on the technological singularity.The technological singularity—or simply the singularity—is a hypothetical future point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable consequences for human civilization. According to the most popular version of the singularity hypothesis, I. J. Good's intelligence explosion model, an upgradable intelligent agent will eventually enter a "runaway reaction" of self-improvement cycles, each new and more intelligent generation appearing more and more rapidly, causing an "explosion" in intelligence and resulting in a powerful superintelligence that qualitatively far surpasses all human intelligence.

Introductory courses in artificial intelligence 

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Eden, A., Moor, J., Soraker, J. & Steinhart, E., 2013, Singularity Hypotheses: A Scientific and Philosophical Assessment, New York, NY: Springer.

Assessment based on the oral presentation.

Presentations, giving feedback, contributions in the discussions.

Quality of presentations and contributions in the discussion.The use of artificial intelligence tools is generally prohibited in the entire work and writing process for teaching and learning didactic reasons.