GOVT 426: Political Theory of Autonomous Algorithms
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Course Information from the University Catalog
Credits: 3
Explores the broader questions of agency as associated with tools, machines, objects, data, and, ultimately, (semi) autonomous algorithms. How is our concept of ‘humanity’ bound up with conceptions of our relationship to the world of tools and machines? To our concepts of objects as data? How do tools ‘act’ and have ‘agency’ in the world? How are they political? Students will develop an appreciation for how political theory informs the discipline of political science, and in particular the evolving study of public data.Offered by Schar Govt/International Affrs. Limited to three attempts.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.