IV057 Seminar on Information Society

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc.
Department of Computer Science – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jiří Zlatuška, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Computer Science – Faculty of Informatics
Timetable
Tue 14. 9. to Tue 7. 12. Tue 12:00–13:50 C416
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Abstract
At the end of the course, students should be able to understand better issues related to the information society, gain deeper insight into more specialized topics, and to develop their own ability to interpret technological and social issues related to the information society.
Learning outcomes
Ability to think about impacts of IT on society.
Key topics
  • Seminar focuses on some aspects of the Information Society. A loose companion seminar to IV064 Information Society based on students work with literature on this topic and talks by the students based on the literature. Studets are required to work independently with relevant literature.
  • Information technologies and the society.
  • Information as a real value.
  • Economic and social impact.
  • Civilizational impacts of the Information Society.
  • Information technologies and democracy.
Study resources and literature
  • Literatura shodná s IV064
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Seminary, self study of literature, student presentations, and discussions.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
2-3 oral and written presentation, participation in discussions
Language of instruction
Czech
Teacher's information
Literaturu k referátům mohou navrhovat studující sami, ve vzájemné dohodě bude zadána vyučujícím podle zájmu konkrétních studujících. Příklady (nikoli vyčerpávající) publikací, kterých se mohou týkat referáty:
Erik Brynjolfsson & Andrew McAfee: Druhý věk strojů: Práce, pokrok a prosperita v éře špičkových technologií, Jan Melvil Publishing, 2015
Nick Bostrom: Superinteligence, Až budou stroje chytřejší než lidé, Prostor 2018
Max Tegmark: Život 3.0, Dokořán 2020
Martin Ford: Roboti nastupují. Automatizace, umělá inteligence a hrozba budoucnosti bez práce, Rybka Publishers 2017
Paul Scharre: Army of None, Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War, W.W: Northon & Comp, 2018
Antonio Badia: The Information manifold. Why Computers Can't Solve Algorithmic Bias and Fake News, MIT Press 2019
Christopher Wylie: Mindf*ck. Inside Cambridge Analytica Plot to Break the World, Profile Books 2019
Gerald G. Kane et al.: The Thechnology Fallacy. How People are the Real Key to Digital Transformation, MIT Press 2019
Stuart Russel: Artificieal Intelligence and the Problem of Control, Viking 2019
Mark OĆonnell: To be a Machine. Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death,
Michael Buckland: Information and Society, MIT Press 2017
John M. Jordan: Robots, MIT Press 2016
Peter Suber: Open Access, MIT Press 2013
Daren C. Brabham: Crowdsourcing, MIT Press 2013
Jeffrey Pomerantz: Metadata, MIT Press 2015
Gina Neff: Self-Tracking, MIT Press 2016
Martens et al: The digital transformation of news media and the rise of disinformation and fake news, JRC Digital Economy Working paper 2018-2, EK 2018
"Truth vs. Lies", speciální publikace časopisu Scientific American ze září/října 2020 se kupinou článků věnovaných specificky dopadu IT resp. umělé inteligence.
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Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021.
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