The Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad’s, Department of Liberal Arts has launched a Minor programme in Artificial Intelligence and Humanity. AI has been an exciting area of research and innovation for the scientific community for most part of a century now.

But the present moment is particularly important because the influence of AI on everyday lives is growing exponentially: the way people interact with their bodies, their immediate environments, their societies, and the state are all increasingly mediated through AI. At this crucial point in its history, therefore, it is necessary to understand, question, and shape ways in which AI technologies are being incorporated into the fabric of everyday life.

Students will benefit from thinking beyond the purely technical aspects of AI: humanities and social science scholars will team up with engineers and designers to offer wide-ranging interdisciplinary perspectives on AI and Humanity as part of this newly launched Minor by the Department of Liberal Arts.

The AI and Humanity minor is open to students from the second year onward. The 12-credit minor includes foundational courses in the history, philosophy, sociology, and psychology of technology, as well as courses focusing on the social, political, economic, and legal implications of AI, at a global scale. Students will also undertake team-based project work, supervised jointly by faculty across liberal arts, design, and engineering departments, to further explore the socio-technical dimensions of AI.