Seminar: Critical perspectives on AI - Details

General information

Course name	Seminar: Critical perspectives on AI
Subtitle
Course number	8.3601
Semester	SoSe 2023
Current number of participants	68
Home institute	LE Cognitive Science
Courses type	Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date	Wednesday, 12.04.2023 12:00 - 14:00, Room: 69/117
Type/Form
SWS	2
Primary Language of Instruction	Englisch / English
ECTS points	4

Lecturers

• Paul Schütze, M. Sc.

Rooms and times

69/117

Wednesday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (14x)

Fields of study

• Veranstaltungen > Cognitive Science > Master-Programm
• Veranstaltungen > Cognitive Science > Bachelor-Programm

Module assignments

• Bachelor of Science Informatik > CS-BWP-PHIL - Philosophy for Cognitive Science valid from WiSe 2019/20
• Bachelor of Science Mathematik > CS-BWP-PHIL - Philosophy for Cognitive Science valid from WiSe 2019/20
• Bachelor of Science Cognitive Science > CS-BWP-PHIL - Philosophy for Cognitive Science valid from WiSe 2019/20
• Master of Science Mathematik > CS-BWP-PHIL - Philosophy for Cognitive Science valid from WiSe 2019/20
• Master of Science Cognitive Science > CS-MWP-PHIL - Philosophy for Cognitive Science

Comment/Description

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.

The course will be based on readings. Thus, it will help, if you have some experiences with philosophical texts and/ or the willingness to carefully read and prepare such texts.