How has the automation economy changed the ways we live and work? What challenges and opportunities does automation pose for the future? This multidisciplinary colloquium draws on materials in social science, science, and the humanities to explore how societies have organized themselves relative to technology in the past, and what changes are currently taking place. As we are now in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, what lessons can be learned from its predecessors? What consequences might new technologies pose for global challenges such as peace, education, equality, or sustainable development? How does the very definition of the “human” stand to be affected? Students will examine the wave of technology-driven transformations occurring on a global scale, including artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and virtual reality. They will consider the Fourth Industrial Revolution as an opportunity to critique theories of technological change and construct their own narratives of change in individual case study analysis assignments.
Core: Colloquium (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks
Sections (Fall 2023)
CCOL-UH 1074-000 (16829)08/29/2023 – 12/15/2023 Tue,Thu9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Morning)at Abu DhabiInstructed by Gleason, Nancy