While discourses around AI oscillate between fears of Artificial Intelligences taking over, and phantasies of universal optimisation, power and control, most current AI systems actually address closely defined problems in very specific domains. They usually represent these problems in symbolic or statistical, mathematical ways, in silico. Concepts of “Intelligence” originally developed from observing and describing living beings, who sense their physical environment, and use their bodies to interact with other beings and things in ways that seem purposeful, hence “intelligent”. Cybernetics began with making technical devices that show such behaviors. What forms of embodied intelligences can we imagine, build little models of, and experiment with, in vivo?
The semester topic "Embodied Intelligences" will be addressed from contrasting perspectives in multiple courses in our context.
Individual meetings: Mon 10-18, Tue 10-14h, by email appointment.
Tutors: Chunli Wang - jennywang079@gmail.com
Fang Tsai - fangtsai15@gmail.com