General Catalog 2024-25

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to historical, ethical, and political aspects of data, artificial intelligence, and information in the biosciences. How data are produced, analyzed, and used in the biological and medical domains. How artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning is being deployed in contemporary biosciences. Students learn to think at a high level about the values and goals of data, AI, and information practices; the political economy of data and AI; and some concrete details and practical limitations of these approaches. Letter grading.