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Course Info for FYSM - 143 - 01, Fall 2024
Class number: 3386 Title: Didn't Humans Used to Do That? Department: First Year Sem & Colloq
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: Yes Grading Basis: Graded Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 15 Current enrollment: 15 Available seats: 0
Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM, SH - S204 Instructor(s): Spezialetti, Madalene
Prerequisite(s): Only first-year students are eligible to enroll in this class.
Distribution Requirement: Meets FirstYr Seminar Requirement
Course Description:
We are not alone...anymore. Generative AI can extend the capabilities to create beyond the innate talents or learned skill sets of a human collaborator, enabling achievements beyond what could be achieved by the human alone. All it takes is a good idea from a human. Or does it take more? Or maybe even less? This seminar explores the landscape of problem-solving and creativity in collaboration with generative AI by making artifacts ranging from computer programs to works of art. In the process, it delves into the questions of defining imagination, creativity, ideas, and ownership in a world where, when it comes to being makers, humans no longer have to go it alone.