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ABOUT THE COURSE:This course provides a comprehensive understanding of Artificial Intelligence through a cultural perspective, through which scholars will be able to see how both complement one another by suggesting possible futures. AI’s ubiquitous impact makes this course, from the humanities perspective, an urgent and relevant one, examining what should be the appropriate and ethical way to utilise this technology.The present scholarly undertaking is an eight-week interdisciplinary exploration designed for scholars from across academic fields. The course examines how artificial intelligence is imagined, questioned, and embodied in literary works, cinema, and broader popular culture. Moving beyond technical definitions, it invites students to engage with the ideas, anxieties, and creative possibilities that shape cultural understandings of intelligent machines.Each week takes up a core concept and examines it in depth, demonstrating how narrative methods – whether literary, cinematic, or visual – are employed to frame, critique, and disseminate ideas related to emerging technologies. By tracing AI as a narrative force, a philosophical provocation, an emotional presence, and a social agent, the course equips students to interpret AI not merely as a technological artifact but as a cultural phenomenon that reshapes how we think, feel, and imagine the future. Upon completing this course, students will be able to comprehend issues such as gendering technology, algorithmic bias, memory, intelligent objects, companionship, misinformation, environmental concerns, and the responsible use of technology, among others.INTENDED AUDIENCE:UG, PG, PhD, Diploma students. The course will prove useful for all those, who are interested in knowing about AI from Humanities perspective.PREREQUISITES:12th pass with a basic understanding of EnglishINDUSTRY SUPPORT:Media, Journalism and communication industries
