Fictions of Creation: Robots, Androids, AIs, and Clones

Today, as creatures that humans once only dreamed of creating?robots, AIs, androids, and clones?are becoming part of our reality, those fictions have acquired a new urgency. This course will explore stories of human-made creatures, old and new, and examine how they challenge us to think of issues surrounding justice, community, citizenship, structures of power, and humanity. Prereq: English 1110.xx or GE foundation writing and info literacy course.