Course Calendar
Week 1
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 24 | Introduction | Chinmay Kulkarni |
Week 2
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | Journey Maps and Matching needs and capabilities to AI capabilities | Chinmay Kulkarni |
| Aug 31 | Prioritizing user needs, Thinking in prompts | Chinmay Kulkarni |
| Sep 3 | Quiz 1 is due | Individual students |
Week 3
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | How Foundational Models Change Human-AI Interaction Part 1 | Chinmay Kulkarni |
| Sep 7 | Thinking in Prompts continued | Chinmay Kulkarni |
Week 4
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | Teardown of real products, gathering data | Chinmay Kulkarni |
| Sep 13 | Assignment 1 is due next week, Sept 20 | Group submission |
| Sep 14 | Designing for feedback | Chinmay Kulkarni |
| Sep 17 | Quiz 2 is due | Individual students |
Week 5: Collaboration
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | Collaborating with AI | Chinmay Kulkarni |
| Sep 20 | Assignment 1 is due | Group assignment |
| Sep 21 | Guest Lecture: Human ML Collaboration | Azra Ismail |
| Sep 24 | Extra credit 1 is due (mandatory for grad course) | Individual students |
Week 6: Collaboration continued
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | Mixed inititative interfaces | Chinmay Kulkarni |
| Sep 28 | Principles of collaborating and teaming (please see Canvas for slides) | Chinmay Kulkarni |
Week 7: Specific applications - imagery
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 3 | Sonal Gupta Guest Lecture | Sonal Gupta + Chinmay Kulkarni |
| Oct 5 | Creating images, seeing images | Chinmay Kulkarni |
Week 8: Specific applications - Voice
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 10 | Fall break (No class) | None |
| Oct 12 | Interacting in voice | Chinmay Kulkarni |
Week 9: Specific applications - Visualization and data
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 17 | Does data still matter? How? | Chinmay Kulkarni |
| Oct 20 | Visualizing ML Data | Guest lecture (TBD) |
Week 10: Fairness and power
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 24 | Good AI, bad AI - but for whom? | Chinmay Kulkarni |
| Oct 26 | Power and AI, continued | Chinmay Kulkarni |
Week 11: Safety
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | Spooky AI - What is Alignment, and What are the challenges? | Chinmay Kulkarni |
| Nov 2 | Addressing Safety Challenges: is helpful, harmless, and honest enough? | Chinmay Kulkarni |
Week 12: Trust and the role of the Designer
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 7 | Components of trust - and the challenges of achieving it | Chinmay Kulkarni |
| Nov 9 | Interpretabilty, explainability, and the role of the designer | Chinmay Kulkarni |
Week 13: Jobs, and AI
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 14 | Does AI create or take away jobs? | Chinmay Kulkarni |
| Nov 16 | Vega Quartet | Vega Quartet |
Week 14: Computers as social actors
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 21 | Can you thank an AI? Computers as social actors | Chinmay Kulkarni |
| Nov 23 | Thanksgiving - no class | Chinmay Kulkarni |
Week 15: Wrap up + Final projects -1
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 28 | Wrap up | Chinmay Kulkarni |
| Nov 30 | Final presentations - graduating seniors | Seniors |
Week 16: Final projects 2
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 5 | Final Presentations | Non-seniors |