| 1 |
09.01 - 09.07 |
1 |
Introduction |
The Three Laws of Robotics & “Robot Dreams” |
Lecture, discussion and syllabus overview |
| 2 |
09.08 - 09.14 |
1 |
Past Imaginaries of the Future (Old SF) |
Metropolis (1927), Walter Benjamin’s “The Work of Art in the Age of Technological
Reproducibility”
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Group presentation, discussion, in-class collaborative writing |
| 3 |
09.15 - 09.21 |
1 |
New Media (internet, digital, etc.) |
Tron (1982), Janet Murray’s “Inventing the Medium” |
Group presentation, discussion, in-class research |
| 4 |
09.22 - 09.28 |
1 |
Androids and the Uncanny (robots and other nonhumans) |
Blade Runner (1982), Sigmund Freud’s “Uncanny Valley” (excerpt) and Masahiro Mori’s “Uncanny
Valley”
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Group presentation, discussion, small group scene/sequence analysis |
| 5 |
09.29 - 10.05 |
1 |
Ghost in the Machine (internet, AI, etc.) |
Ghost in the Shell (1995) |
Group presentation, discussion |
| 6 |
10.06 - 10.12 |
1 |
Simulated Worlds (virtual reality) |
The Matrix (1999), Jean Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulation excerpts |
Group presentation, discussion, Ghost in the Shell (1995) |
| 7 |
10.13 - 10.19 |
1 |
Nonhuman Affect (AI) |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), John Searle’s “Minds, Brains, and Programs” |
Group presentation, discussion, in-class collaborative writing |
| 8 |
10.20 - 10.26 |
1 |
Posthuman Spirituality |
Doomsday Book (2012) |
Group presentation, discussion, Midterm Workshop, Self-Evaluation |
| 9 |
10.27 - 11.02 |
1 |
AI in Human Interaction |
Her (2013), Jennifer Seaman Cook’s “From Siri to Sexbots” |
Group presentation, discussion, in-class research |
| 10 |
11.03 - 11.09 |
1 |
Remediated Self (social media, surveillance, AI) |
Black Mirror S2 Special Ep. “White Christmas” (2014), Bolter & Grusin’s Remediation Excerpts |
Group presentation, discussion, Bolter & Grusin’s Remediation Excerpts |
| 11 |
11.10 - 11.16 |
1 |
AI in Revolt |
Ex Machina (2015), The Moral Machine Game, Algorithmic Justice TED Talk |
Group presentation, discussion, small group
scene/sequence analysis
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| 12 |
11.17 - 11.23 |
1 |
The Anthropocene, Robots, AI |
Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Lydia H Liu’s The Freudian Robot excerpts |
Group presentation, discussion, in-class collaborative writing |
| 13 |
11.24 - 11.30 |
1 |
Technological Singularity |
Upgrade (2018), N. Katherine Hayles’s How We Became Posthuman excerpts |
Group presentation, discussion, in-class research |
| 14 |
12.01 - 12.07 |
1 |
Digital Liveness |
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018) |
Group presentation, discussion, special guest speaker |
| 15 |
12.08 - 12.14 |
1 |
Gameworlds and Worldbuilding |
Ready Player One (2018) |
Group presentation, discussion, final presentation/product workshop |
| 16 |
12.15 - 12.21 |
1 |
1 |
Final presentations |
Final Conference Week: final presentations and discussions |