<div dir="ltr">Dear SF faculty:<div><br></div><div>I'll be teaching a graduate seminar next winter which welcomes SF grad students (and interested grad students in any relevant discipline), and which I hope will be included in the SF Designated Emphasis. If you know of students who might be interested, please spread the word.</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Robot and Alien
Consciousness</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We will attempt to
assess under what conditions we would be warranted in thinking that a robot, AI
system, or naturally-evolved space alien would, or would not, be
conscious. Readings will mostly be philosophy but will also include
selections in science fiction, Artificial Intelligence research, and
astrobiology.</span></p><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,<br></div><div><br>Eric</div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">********************************************************<div>Eric Schwitzgebel (he/him)</div><div>Professor of Philosophy</div><div>University of California at Riverside</div><div>Riverside, CA 92521</div><div>USA</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">********************************************************</span><br></div></div></div></div></div>