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History of Computing: Epistemology of AI (Seminar)

Termin:
14-täglich | Donnerstag | 09:45 - 13:15 | 02.04.2024 - 28.06.2024 | HMS 139

Inhalt: „The history of artificial intelligence (AI) dates back to the 1950s, when researchers first began working on the development of intelligent machines. Since then, AI has evolved significantly, and it has become an integral part of our daily lives. In this seminar, we will explore the history of AI, from its early beginnings to the present day. We will examine the key milestones that have shaped the development of AI, as well as the challenges and controversies that have emerged along the way. We will also discuss the current state of AI and its potential future impact on society. By the end of this seminar, you will have a deeper understanding of the history of AI and its place in the world today.“ The seminar description above was not written by me, the teacher of this course, but is the result of my request on the Chat.OpenAI.com website: "Write an introductory text to a seminar on the history of AI". AI writing the texts for a seminar on the history of AI: Is this the hard reality we have to accept and live with from here on? What we're really going to do in this course is: problematize, critique, and destabilize AI beyond the capabilties of artificial intelligence-systems. We will ask what the term intelligence really means in the context of AI research and how it has changed over the history of computing. We will address the exploitative practices that underlie contemporary AI systems, the industry behind them, and the political interests and neo-colonial ideologies. In short, together we will experience a seminar on the history of AI for which an AI cannot write the seminar text.

Leuphana Bachelor - Major Digital Media - History and Epistemology of Digital Media

History of Computing: Epistemology of Computing Interfaces (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Anna-Lena Wiechern

Termin:
14-täglich | Donnerstag | 09:45 - 13:15 | 08.04.2024 - 05.07.2024 | HMS 139

Inhalt: In this seminar, we will explore the concept of the “interface” historically and theoretically. By looking at ideas and visions from various fields (tech, arts, military-industrial complex), we will try to get a handle on the influences that shaped the notion over the years. Furthermore, we want to disentangle how interfaces relate to other – preceding and/or neighbouring – concepts of human-computer interaction (e.g. augmented reality, simulation, telepresence, immersion, …). The texts we will discuss range from research papers to vision statements to (popular) literature and media theory. Some of these texts will be treated as historic documents in the sense that they will offer us an insight into the discourses and debates of certain moments in time, others will offer theoretical perspectives through which to think about the interface.

Leuphana Bachelor - Major Digital Media - History and Epistemology of Digital Media

History of Computing: Epistemology of the Personal Computer (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Barbara Hof

Inhalt: Computer technology underwent a tremendous change with the expansion of microchip production, allowing cheaper units to be built from the late 1970s onward. This development made computers affordable for more people. However, their entry into offices, schools, and private homes was not a simple “success story.” To better understand the history of the personal computer from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, it is therefore important to take into account how people advocated, criticized, used, reinvented, or hacked them; to consider how people played, communicated, and learned with computers; and, not least, to look at who was left behind and excluded from the making of a "mainstream media". Based on research articles as well as print sources, advertisements, and popular media from this period, we explore the personal computer as a medium that transformed cultural concepts, social activities, and everyday life. We learn how the computer became ubiquitous through its alignment with trade, administration, and education. We also explore some of the little-known stories of early network communities and learn more about computer gamers.

Leuphana Bachelor - Major Digital Media - History and Epistemology of Digital Media