AI & Philosophy Readings for Undergraduate Courses

Artificial intelligence is relevant to so many philosophical subfields, and its increased presence in our lives makes it a ripe topic to cover in philosophy courses. [Book sculpture by Stephen Doyle]Philosophical writing on AI is at that stage where there has been an explosion of it, yet not enough time for the kind of assessment and filtering of it that could result in the establishment of a canon (or subdisciplinary canons). So I thought it would be useful to solicit your suggestions about good readings, focusing on works it might be reasonable to assign undergraduates. The readings need not be academic works. It may be that some pieces published in popular media are especially pedagogically valuable. Nor must the pieces be written by philosophers to be appropriate for philosophy courses. In sharing your suggestion, please provide the title and author, and let us know what kind of course you think the reading would be appropriate for (e.g., “contemporary moral problems,” or “for a…