AI & Art/Science/Fiction

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Artificial intelligence: What is it? What is it used for? What is at stake? How can investigating AI from the perspectives of art, science, and fiction help to uncover the history, present, future, and implications of AI? Each week we will explore AI core concepts from three perspectives: art, science, and fiction. By the end of this course, you will be able to separate the facts from the hype and learn how to leverage fiction to prototype the future. This class is open to any student regardless of technical or creative background. It has an interdisciplinary approach to the history and practice of AI, through an integrated humanities perspective. We look at prose, poetry, fine art, film, music, society, law, policy, and creative coding arts from the Western canon and beyond to understand the impact and innovation in the diverse fields of artificial intelligence. We will go over key concepts in AI and creative applications of machine learning technologies.