"What is human?"
This is the ultimate question that mankind has been pondering for thousands of years. In this class, we will discuss this question from the perspectives of life science, AI, sociology, and ethics. Where and how was primitive life born on Earth 4 billion years ago? After that, what is the driving force and mechanism that led to the evolution of multicellular organisms into humans? Why are males and females necessary? What is the "mind"? Can AI have a mind? What is our life, which will inevitably end someday? By summarizing one's own thoughts on these questions that have no universal answers, the aim of this class is to cultivate the ability to discern the essence of things.
(1) The mystery of the origin of life (2) Why did life evolve? (3) Advance into harsh land (4) Climate cataclysms and mass extinctions (5) Evolution into humans (6) The complete history of Sapiens (7) Genomes and bioethics (8) Future gender admonitions (9) Ethics of human cloning technology (10) Why do people age? (11) What is happiness? (12) Differences between AI capabilities and humans (13) What is this universe? (14) What are we living for?