Fearfully & Wonderfully Made

Resources

Things referenced in and around the course—gathered here for further attention, not assigned reading.

Social Imaginary

Stories and cultural artifacts that help us notice the futures, fears, and hopes AI makes plausible.

Her Rated R
Film · Spike Jonze, 2013
WALL·E Rated G
Film · Andrew Stanton, 2008
The Iron Giant Rated PG
Film · Brad Bird, 1999
The Matrix trilogy Rated R
Films · The Matrix (1999), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), and The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Ex Machina Rated R
Film · Alex Garland, 2014
I, Robot Rated PG-13
Film · Alex Proyas, 2004
The Terminator Rated R
Film · James Cameron, 1984

Books and links referenced in the course.

From the Garden to the City
John Dyer
2084 and the AI Revolution
John Lennox
The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI
Cory Doctorow
Deceitful Media
Simone Natale
Robot Theology
Joshua K. Smith
AI, Faith, and the Future
Edited by Michael J. Paulus Jr. and Michael D. Langford
Large Language Models explained briefly
3Blue1Brown · YouTube
Transformers, the tech behind LLMs
3Blue1Brown · YouTube
NotebookLM
Google’s research and note-taking tool