AI Graduate Seminar 2021 Schedule

AI Grad Seminar 2021 Schedule

return to course

AI Grad Seminar Schedule

Tuesday 08.24
Week 1: Introduction, Context, Plan
Content:
- Introductions
- Syllabus Review
- Semester plan discussion
- SCREEN: Love and Power from All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace, by Adam Curtis
- SCREEN: The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts from All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace, by Adam Curtis
Assignment:
- Prepare to present your work.
- Sign up for critique on the schedule as discussed in class.
- WATCH: The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey from All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace, by Adam Curtis
Readings:
Tuesday 08.31
Week 2: Chaos
Content:
- Discuss Reading(s)
- CRIT:
Assignment:
- Make work.
- Read assignment below, take notes, post reflections to Canvas.
Readings:
- Bastani, Aaron. Part II. New Travelers in Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto. London ; New York: Verso, 2019.
Tuesday 09.07
Week 3: New Travelers
Content:
- Discuss Reading(s)
- CRIT: Meghan Kozal
Assignment:
- Make work.
- Read assignment below, take notes, post reflections to Canvas.
Readings:
- Bastani, Aaron. Part III. Paradise Found in Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto. London ; New York: Verso, 2019.
Tuesday 09.14
Week 4: Paradise
Content:
- Discuss reading(s). Discussion leader: Meghan
- CRIT: Mark-C Hilbert
- SCREEN: Cybertopia - Dreams of Silicon Valley - Documentary - 2015. February 4, 2015.
Assignment:
- Make work.
- Read assignment below, take notes, post reflections to Canvas.
Readings:
- Crawford, Kate. Introduction and ONE. Earth in Atlas of Ai: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021.
Tuesday 09.21
Week 5: Earth
Content:
- Discuss reading(s).
- CRIT:
Assignment:
- Make work.
- Read assignment below, take notes, post reflections to Canvas.
Readings:
- Crawford, Kate. TWO. Labor in Atlas of Ai: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021.
Tuesday 09.28
Week 6: Labor
Content:
- Discuss Reading(s).
- CRIT:
Assignment:
- Make work.
- Read assignment below, take notes, post reflections to Canvas.
Readings:
- Crawford, Kate. THREE. Data in Atlas of Ai: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021.
Tuesday 10.05
Week 7: Data
Content:
- Discuss reading(s).
- CRIT: Meghan Kozal
Assignment:
- REVIEW: Zach Blas
- Make work.
- Read assignment below, take notes, post reflections to Canvas.
Readings:
- Crawford, Kate. FOUR. Classification in Atlas of Ai: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021.
Tuesday 10.12
Week 8: Classification
Content:
- SPECIAL GUEST: Zach Blas
- Discuss reading(s).
Assignment:
- ATTEND: Visiting Artist talk with Zach Blas, Tuesday 6:15 PM (link provided)
- Make work.
- Continuing our discussion from last week regarding the US political spectrum as it relates to AI, READ: Neofeudalism: The End of Capitalism? by, Jodi Dean
- Read assignment below, take notes, post reflections to Canvas.
Readings:
- Crawford, Kate. FIVE. Affect in Atlas of Ai: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021.
Tuesday 10.19
Week 9: Affect
Content:
- Discuss reading(s).
- CRIT: Mina Park
Assignment:
- Make work.
- Read assignment below, take notes, post reflections to Canvas.
Readings:
- Crawford, Kate. SIX. State in Atlas of Ai: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021.
Tuesday 10.26
Week 10: State
Content:
- Discuss Reading(s).
- CRIT: Michael Hofmann
Assignment
- Make work.
- Read assignment below, take notes, post reflections to Canvas.
Readings:
- Crawford, Kate. CONCLUSION: Power and CODA. Space in Atlas of Ai: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021.
Tuesday 11.02
Week 11: Power
Content:
- Discuss Reading(s)
- CRIT: Maryam Parsa
- SCREEN: LeftStreamed. Inhuman Power: AI and the Future of Capitalism w/ Nick Dyer-Witheford, Atle Kjøsen, James Steinhoff, 2019.
Assignment:
- Make work.
- Read assignment below, take notes, post reflections to Canvas.
Readings:
- Dyer-Witheford, Nick, Atle Mikkola Kjøsen, and James Steinhoff. Introduction: AI-Capital in Inhuman Power: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Capitalism, 2019.
Tuesday 11.09
Week 12: AI-Capital
Content:
- Discuss reading(s).
- CRIT: Mina Park
- SPECIAL GUEST: Michael Mandiberg
Assignment:
- ATTEND: Michael Mandiberg Visiting Artist Talk, 6:15 PM Tuesday (link provided).
- Make work.
- Read assignment below, take notes, post reflections to Canvas.
Readings:
- Dyer-Witheford, Nick, Atle Mikkola Kjøsen, and James Steinhoff. Means of Cognition in Inhuman Power: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Capitalism, 2019.
Tuesday 11.16
Week 13: Means of Cognition
Content:
- Discuss Reading(s).
- CRIT: Meghan Kozal
Assignment:
- Make work.
- Read assignment below, take notes, post reflections to Canvas.
Readings:
- Dyer-Witheford, Nick, Atle Mikkola Kjøsen, and James Steinhoff. Automating the Social Factory in Inhuman Power: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Capitalism, 2019.
Tuesday 11.23
Week 14: The Social Factory
Content:
- Discuss Reading(s).
- CRIT: Mark-C Hilbert
Assignment:
- Make work.
- Read assignment below, take notes, post reflections to Canvas.
Readings:
- Dyer-Witheford, Nick, Atle Mikkola Kjøsen, and James Steinhoff. Perfect Machines, Inhuman Labour in Inhuman Power: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Capitalism, 2019.
Tuesday 11.30
Week 15: Perfect Machines
Content:
- Discuss Reading(s).
- CRIT: Maryam Parsa
Assignment:
- Make work.
- Read assignment below, take notes, post reflections to Canvas.
Readings:
- Dyer-Witheford, Nick, Atle Mikkola Kjøsen, and James Steinhoff. Conclusion: Communist AI in Inhuman Power: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Capitalism, 2019.
Tuesday 12.07
Week 16: Communist AI
Content:
- Discuss Reading(s).
- CRIT:
Assignment:
- Make work.
Readings: None
Tuesday 12.14
Exam Week: Final 11:00AM - 1:00PM
End of semester wrap up.

AI Grad Seminar 2021 Schedule

Week 1: Introduction, Context, Plan

Week 2: Chaos

Week 3: New Travelers

Week 4: Paradise

Week 5: Earth

Week 6: Labor

Week 7: Data

Week 8: Classification

Week 9: Affect

Week 10: State

Week 11: Power

Week 12: AI-Capital

Week 13: Means of Cognition

Week 14: The Social Factory

Week 15: Perfect Machines

Week 16: Communist AI

Exam Week: Final 11:00AM - 1:00PM