CS886 - Fall 2017 - AI and Philosophy - Group Project

Students will work in groups of 3 to develop a proposal for the
ethical behaviour of intelligent agents, assisting human users.
Each group will submit an 8 page (4000 word) writeup and will
present their proposed solution to the class in a 15 minute timeslot.
There will be time in class for groups to meet, to brainstorm on
their proposed solutions face to face; on this same date, a brief
introduction to Francesca Rossi's theories for ethical AI will be
provided, as a starting point for the group's discussion.
This is the paper entitled: Moral preferences, available at:
https://intelligence.org/files/csrbai/pref-eth1.pdf

Each group will select one of the 7 Research Questions raised in the paper
and will work towards providing their response to this question. In the
end, students need to display their proposed solution, to sketch it in action
through some sample scenarios, to explain the origins of their decisions
and to comment briefly on why they feel their approach will be beneficial.

Some background reading on the treatment of preferences in AI
may be helpful; the pointers to background readings provided
on the course website may be of some use.

Groups will be asked to present their proposed solutions briefly
in class, in order to generate additional discussion. The primary
focus for grading this exercise will be on the write-up, due Oct 6.