Artificial Universities by Mark Blythe - 9781041075677

Artificial UniversitiesSpeculative AI and Generative Design\nAuthor(s): Mark Blythe\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9781041075677, 978-1041075677\nSynopsis\nArtificial intelligence is transforming work, politics and culture at an unprecedented rate. Universities are at the frontlines of change and academics are confronted daily by AIs impact on teaching, research and institutional life. This book situates the rise of AI within its larger cultural context, tracing its origins in myth, fiction and computational history. It explores urgent questions around the impact of AI on scholarship and ideas of the university. What happens to universities when AI outperforms humans in writing and most other tasks? What happens to design when the tools are smarter than the users?\n\nThe book explores a series of design fictions using AI itself as a speculative material. These include a metaversity, where students attend as avatars.