AI and Cognition - AFS500336

• Title: AI and Cognition
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Philosophy and Religious Studies (21-UFAR)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2025 to 2025
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unlimited (25)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: prof. James Hill, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): prof. James Hill, Ph.D.

Annotation

The course is part of the Master's programme and can be taken only by students enrolled and studying for a Master's degree. We will investigate contemporary literature on the nature of AI and what it tells us about human cognition. We will treat of three broad topics: (i) the nature of intelligence in AI; (ii) the potential of virtual minds and the possibility that we are in a simulation; and (iii) the nature of the technology of neural networks and LLMs.

Last update: Hill James, prof., Ph.D. (30.09.2025)

Registration requirements

The course has two requirements: (i) attendance (a maximum of three absences will be tolerated) and (ii) an essay of five standard pages based on the reading and discussion in class.

Last update: Hill James, prof., Ph.D. (18.09.2025)