In Brain or Bots? students explore how the world is changing rapidly, with technology, including AI already causing significant disruption and raising questions about what the future could (or should) look like for us and what skills and ways of thinking will be needed to thrive as a human.
Why explore Brains or Bots?
This Central Study has this human-machine interface as the major focus and asks questions such as;
- Humans vs Machines; What are the opportunities and risks?
- Are you a brain or are you a bot?
- Is ignorance bliss?
- Why does being human matter?
- Why might manipulating the natural processes solve some problems while creating new ones?
Key Concepts
Humans vs Machine
This unit will introduce you to the realm of Ai and technological advancements of industrial revolutions 5.0 and 6.0, using psychological and physics concepts to underpin the differences between humans and machines.
Tech Master Skills
Future technologies, enabling businesses to cut costs, reduce time to market, produce stronger and lighter parts, improve efficiency, and solve a myriad of other challenges. The landscape is changing for job seekers, so it’s valuable for today’s students to become fluent with the programs and machines required for these future technologies.
Matrix Transformed
This module uses The Matrix as a central text to explore the evolving relationship between humans and artificial intelligence. You will examine how the film represents control, consciousness, simulation, and resistance, analysing how cinematic techniques, genre and narrative structure shape meaning. Through close viewings of key scenes and ideas, you will develop your analysis skills. Finally, you will transform The Matrix into a new text and will compare your creation with the original. Ultimately, you will be questioning how technology shapes – or controls – the human experience and agency.