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Syllabus⇝

This course will explore AI as a site for embodying and rethinking our models of the world. Using real-world examples from artistic and commercial applications of AI technology, we will seek to answer the question: how might AI change our understanding of the world and what role should designers and artists play in that transformation?

Key concepts to cover:⇝

Machine learning

  • How language models work

  • Latent space

  • Epistemology and bias

Anthropology

  • Perspectivalism or multinaturalism

  • Animistic worldviews and practices

  • Cosmotechnics

Fundamentals of biosemiotics

Alternatives to Human-Centered Design

One-third of the class will be lectures, one-third discussion of reading, and one-third critique and discussion of student work.