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Discussion Questions
- What role do you think AI should play in education?
- Do you think it should be used in any way to monitor students and provide analytics that improve learning outcomes? Does it matter if biomonitoring is involved?
- What kind of regulations, if any, do you think there should be on social media and other companies regarding AI and data collection?
- Would you want to have a ‘synth’ in your home? Why or Why not?
How would different members of your family react? - How would you design your synth - gender, size, race, etc? What would you like them to do?
- How would you feel about having a synth coworker?
- Would you (or people you know) consider having an AI-based synthetic life partner?
- Do you think AI ‘synths’ should have any ethical rights?
- Do you think it is possible for an AI creation to gain consciousness? have emotions?
- Are you more optimistic or pessimistic about artificial intelligence technology? Why?
- Do you think AI beings could destroy humanity?
- Can they be creative and produce unique ideas and works of art?
- What is the difference between AI programming and human ‘programming’?
- Do you think human consciousness could be transferred to an AI so that humans’ minds can survive after their bodies are gone? If possible, would you want to do so?
Assignment
‘Take a Stand’ agreeing or disagreeing with one of these statements. Write at least 150 words explaining your position and post it in the Band by May 17.
1. Artificial Intelligence is capable of creativity and creating original works of art.
2. AI will eventually destroy humanity.
3. Humans can develop meaningful emotional connections with synthetic beings.
4. I would like to have an AI-based human-like synth as a household helper.
5. I would consider having an AI-based human-like synth as a life partner.
6. I would like to have my consciousness transferred to a synthetic being after my corporeal death.
7. Governments should be able to use AI-based tracking for the purposes of public safety (e.g. preventing crime, punishing violators, tracking pandemics)
8. AI should be used as much as possible in education to monitor and analyze students.
9. I would be willing to become a hybrid being (part human, part AI).
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