Governing Machines? Technology and Power in the Age of AI

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Examines how AI and emerging technologies reshape power, governance, and global order. Traces Silicon Valley's ideological roots, platform capitalism, and global tech diffusion before analyzing governance frameworks and future challenges of agentic AI and hybrid cognition. Explores whether techno-capitalism is governable, by whom, and for what purposes. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits or permission of the instructor.