Primary Instructor
The Science and Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence: University of Chicago | Winter 2022 | PHIL 29642, HIPS 29642
This course will focus on the science, philosophy, and history of the development of AI from the cybernetics movement, to logic and expert systems GOFI period, recommender systems and deep neural networks (both in their initial and contemporary manifestations). Students will learn how these systems actually work, what tasks they were envisioned to be useful for, and what a study of these systems was and is thought to tell us about cognition, intelligence, and the world. In parallel, students will engage with literature in the philosophy of AI that seeks to interpret and challenge the science and rationale of these systems as well as ask and attempt to answer novel questions concerning the epistemology of deep neural networks. Students will also engage directly and philosophically with actual scientific literature that uses artificial intelligence.
Teaching Assistant
Ethics in the Digital Age:
University of Chicago | Fall 2020 | PHIL 29904
Modern Logic and the Structure of Knowledge:
University of Chicago | Winter 2020 | PHIL 22401/32401
Elementary Logic:
University of Chicago | Fall 2019 | PHIL 20100/30000
Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics:
University of Chicago | Spring 2019 | PHIL 22709/32709
Mentoring
Data Science Institute Summer Lab Student Mentor (Summer 2022)
History and Philosophy of Science B.A. Thesis Advisor (2019 - 2020)
Center for Data and Computing Summer Lab Student Mentor (Summers 2019 - 2021)
Computation Institute Summer Internship Student Mentor (Summers 2016 - 2018)
Computer Science Graduate Practicum Advisor (Springs 2014 - 2017)
Teaching in the Community College
Inroduction to Philosophy (Sole Instructor): Harold Washington College, Chicago (2011 - 2013)Introduction to Ethics (Sole Instructor): Harold Washington College, Chicago (2011 - 2013)
Elementary Logic (Sole Instructor): Harold Washington College, Chicago (2011 - 2013)