MIT Launches AI And Rationality Course

MIT is offering a new course, 6.S044/24.S00 (AI and Rationality), in fall 2025 co-taught by Leslie Kaelbling and Brian Hedden that examines philosophical questions of rational agency and belief in AI. The cross-department Common Ground class, with over two dozen students enrolled, aims to give students critical thinking tools and interdisciplinary foundations for reasoning about AI decision-making and design.