Seminar: Critical perspectives on AI - Details

Seminar: Critical perspectives on AI - Details

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Veranstaltungsname Seminar: Critical perspectives on AI
Untertitel
Veranstaltungsnummer 8.30606
Semester WiSe 2025/26
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden 91
erwartete Teilnehmendenanzahl 25
Heimat-Einrichtung Ethics of AI
Veranstaltungstyp Seminar in der Kategorie Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Erster Termin Mittwoch, 15.10.2025 16:00 - 18:00, Ort: 32/106
Art/Form
SWS 2
Primäre Unterrichtssprache Englisch / English
ECTS-Punkte 4

Räume und Zeiten

32/106
Mittwoch: 16:00 - 18:00, wöchentlich (14x)

Modulzuordnungen

Kommentar/Beschreibung

In this seminar we will look at a variety of critical perspectives on AI and Big Tech in general. We will discuss, for instance, different conceptions of AI today, perspectives of digital colonialism, AI in connection to the climate crisis, the visions and narratives that surround and shape AI, and the power structures and inequalities that are inherent to AI. The overall goal of the seminar is to develop a critical understanding of AI from different theoretical perspectives. We will see what a critical discourse about AI currently looks like, what it offers and what it does not; and you will get a theoretical baseline to develop your own critical perspectives on AI.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this course, students will:
1…. have an overview of the field of Critical AI Studies/ Critical Theories of AI.
2. ... be able to understand, discuss and critically evaluate philosophical literature (especially in the the mentioned fields), and formulate their own position on it
3. ... be able to categorise and critically evaluate positions and arguments in the respective fields.

Prerequisites:
Prior participation in the courses “Introduction to the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence” and “Philosophy for Cognitive Science” is recommended.

Course Format:
· Delivery Method: in-person, no recordings or online sessions
· Type of Contact & Contact Hours: weekly seminar sessions with 2 academic hours each
· Selection Process: none planned (assuming no more than 25 students are attending)

Assessment and Grading:
· Regular homework assignments
· Final term project

Will this class be offered again/regularly?
No