This is a seminar and discussion based participatory course. Your course grade will be based on the following:

Each class will consist of a short lecture, a student presentation, and discussion component.
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Your participation grade will be based on your participation in discussion, questions, responses to others classmates in the team, attendance, and enthusiasm to learn more(!)
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In the first lecture we will find partners/groups for presentations in the upcoming weeks. There should be a total of 12 groups (starting week 2 and minus week 10). Each group will present an assigned reading, pose 3-5 discussion questions for the class and lead the discussion.

Groups will be graded on:
Understanding of issues & concepts (50%)
Presentation (20%)
Teamwork & leadership (20%)
Creativity (10%)
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Write a [1000, 1200] word research essay answering the following:

Pick an AI product (e.g. SIRI) or a solution (e.g. chess-playing, self-driving cars). Explain technical, economic, or social factors that led to its inception and development. In other words, tell a story of how it began, what motivated it, who funded it, how it came to be launched on the market, or what impact it had on the economy, society, or culture. You may be as specific as you would like. Your response must be submitted in English, as a .pdf file, and uploaded to course canva. Late assignments will be penalized 10% each 24 hour delay and not be accepted past 3 days. You may use online or AI tools such as ChatGPT and the library but that also means we expect the quality of your work to be much higher :)

Students will be graded on:
Complexity, clarity, and originality of argument (30%)
Substantial use of evidence (30%)
Showing understanding of AI concepts, history, implications (30%)
Organization and structure (10%)
Language and writing (0%) ** 
** note you will not be graded on your English proficiency
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Write a [1500, 2000] word research essay answering the following:

TBA



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