Courses - Spring 2026
ENGL318B
Special Topics in Digital and New Media Studies; AI Otherwise
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with WGSS379S. Credit granted only for ENGL318B or WGSS379S.
Media reports on new developments in artificial intelligence are frequently accompanied by references to science fiction. In this class we will examine a range of speculative narratives about AI, using our reading and viewing of fictional texts as a springboard to think through the intersection of politics and technology in the present. We will focus our attention on real and imagined relationship of AI to questions of sexuality, gender, labor, racial justice, and environmental justice.
Media reports on new developments in artificial intelligence are frequently accompanied by references to science fiction. In this class we will examine a range of speculative narratives about AI, using our reading and viewing of fictional texts as a springboard to think through the intersection of politics and technology in the present. We will focus our attention on real and imagined relationship of AI to questions of sexuality, gender, labor, racial justice, and environmental justice.
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