Course titles are fixed so I didn't choose that, but because it's a non-intro course it's up to the instructor to decide the course's focus. And yes, the students had seen the description before selecting it.

Yup, that's what I mean. Specifically, I had Pinker in mind: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/3nL7Ak43gmCYEFz9P/cognitive-science-and-failed-ai-forecasts 

It was intro to phil 101 at Queens College CUNY. I was also confused by this. 

Thank you Lawrence!

I agree there probably isn't enough time. Best case scenario there's enough time for weak alignment tools (small apples).