Machine and Me: Tales of Heartaches and Hard Drives

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This course examines classical and current texts, emerging media, and cinematographic materials while developing critical thinking about new AI technologies through discussions, presentations, debates, and writing projects. This course will examine the portrayal of artificial intelligence and human-machine interactions in literature and question AI's role in society and personal relationships. By the end of the course, students will gain a deeper understanding of the complex dynamics between human and algorithmic sentience and will be able to ask hard questions about the implications of AI technology, its development as well as its containment. Assignments will include essays, presentations, group work, and creative writing projects encouraging students to explore the meeting of human hearts with metal minds. Units 1/3