Theme:

Human Values

Pre-reading:

.Consciousness Hygiene — And the role of Human in an increasingly AI-present world.

Content:

• Authenticity: Deepfakes, synthetic media, trust erosion
• Social Life: Human-AI relationships, parasocial dynamics, vulnerable populations
• The evolution of Language and the errosion of though (cognitive resource allocation).
• Sociotechnological impact and human-centric design
• Cognitive Over Reliance, Deskilling and over reliance
• The Human Spirit: Creativity, agency, meaning in an AI age

Exercise:

Artifact:

Final Project assignments in the week. No expected artifact until we reconvene.

Example Case Study: TBD.