Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) • Minor Technology, Law and Ethics

Lecture notes of all lectures from Philosophy and Neuroethics. Inlcudes topics discussed in class and the items on the slides.

A summary of all the literature of the whole course. It condenses the literature to include all the main takeaways and provides a baseline for studying or using during the exam as a ctrl+f document.

Notes about the lectures including self-study questions with answers for Philosophy & Neuroethics. ! Will be updated after every lecture! 2022

If humans cannot explain the actions of AI, how can you assign liability to AI? What is legal personhood? Why is this a problem with AI? Who should be held liable for injuries caused by AI? What ethical problems surround legal personhood in AI?

Are autonomous vehicles the future? What are the issues surrounding product and traffic liability? Are there ethical concerns? What legislative action is being taken to protect the population from self-driving car accidents?

How should Ai be regulated? How can AI be regulated? What are the advantages and disadvantages of different types of regulation?

Introduction to AI. What is the aim of AI? How does early AI differ from AI now? What is machine learning? How will the law adapt with AI?

What ethical problems does AI pose? What different types of ethics are there? How do these apply to AI? Are sex robots ethical? Are care robots ethical? Includes detailed discussion and literature recommendations.

What is a robot? What are the elements of a robot? Who is liable for robots? What legal challenges does AI pose for the law? What is law? Who should govern the development of AI? Who is accountable for AI? Detailed notes surrounding the discussion about robots and the law.

Transparency is a fundamental principle of the GDPR. What does this mean? Can transparency enhancing tools enable transparency?