Dates
| every 14 days | Thursday | 09:45 - 13:15 | 13.04.2026 - 10.07.2026 | HMS 139 |
Curriculum context
presentation in seminar 2 (25%)
Written work in seminar 1 or 2 (50%)
Resit date: : Keine selbständige Anmeldung zum Wiederholungstermin möglich. info_outline
Monday, 30.11.2026
Organizational information
Registration
Registration ends 07.4.2026 at 23:59 h
Persons
Content
In this course, we will critically examine the "hype" surrounding artificial intelligence by asking the following questions: What do we mean by artificial intelligence? What is artificial about it? What does intelligence mean, and how have these meanings changed over time?
We will combine perspectives from the 1950s to the 1980s with current views to examine the different stages in the history of AI, from "thinking machines" to symbolic AI to large language models such as ChatGPT. In doing so, we will continually reflect on the (material) infrastructure used for these systems, the exploitative practices that affect humans and our environment as well as the political interest and neo-colonial ideologies that underlie them.
Evaluation
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