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Fall 2026
Session
Fall 4
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Hybrid
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Synchronous
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Final Presentation on Zoom - Link will be provided
Instructors
Ashmita Khasnabish
AI and Philosophers
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This Course: PS937: AI and Philosophers
The course asks whether AI can align with human beings. The article “Artificial Intelligence, Values, and Alignment” examines whose values AI systems should reflect. It presents philosophical perspectives ranging from Mill’s utilitarianism to Immanuel Kant’s theory of universal law and John Rawls’s “veil of ignorance.” The course will apply these ideas to make AI more accessible to humanists while considering how to constrain AI in order to prevent social harm. Theoretical knowledge can help guide AI alignment.
The class is asynchronous online, but the final presentation will be on Zoom (date and time TBA).
For any questions about course content, please contact the course instructor, Dr. Ashmita Khasnabish -- akhasnabish@lasell.edu.
This section of PS937: AI and Philosophers runs 11/19-12/17 in the Fall 2026 term. Students may enroll in the course up until 11/23. For any questions about enrollment or Lasell Professional Studies, please contact profstudies@lasell.edu.
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Course Objectives:
- To assess the importance of ethics in human life
- Also, to know the balance between AI and human society
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