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Class 9 - 15.11. - Artificial Intelligence
Readings:
a) Russell, Stuart and Nerving Peter. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 4th ed. Extract from Introduction and conclusion.
b) Launchbury, John (2107) The 3 waves of AI (A DARPA Perspective on Artificial Intelligence)
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Project Topics:
- designing with AI
- AI & environment
- to be determinedAI & ethics
presented by Guan, Nicola, Miguel
Class 10 - 22.11. - Data, Democracy and Surveillance Capitalism
Text:
a) Text to be found (Cambridge Analytice or related) b) Zuboff, Shoshana (2019) The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power.Additional Readings:
a2015) Big other: surveillance capitalism and the prospects of an information civilization.
b) Cadwalladr, Carole (20192018-2020). The Great Hack: the film that goes behind the scenes of the Facebook data scandal. The Guardian, UK.
b) Naughton, John (2019). 'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalismI) Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach. II) ‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower. III) Fresh Cambridge Analytica leak ‘shows global manipulation is out of control’. The Guardian, UK. ,
presented by Elena, Miguel
Project Topics:
- social media interventions/hacks/hoaxes
- citizen activism and using digital platforms
- to be determinedparticipatory projects in Switzerland (mixing digital and real world)
presented by Sandro, Eleonora, Fabrizio
Class 11 - 29.11. - Essay support
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