The AI syllabus comes from a place of inquiry, curiosity, and pleasure in reading and exploring and should not be considered an exhaustive resource list on the subject. We have organized it by lenses, disciplines, and uses that feel relevant to the current local discourse at our college and in higher education and included multimedia resources as well as suggestions for critical AI literacies and project ideas that can be used in teaching and learning.
With the exception of the films and some books, all sources are available open access. We have also sought to include a blend of practical sources that provide explanation and/or look at direct application of AI technologies as well as philosophical sources that explore themes related to/inspired by AI technologies and in the document, attempt to tag each source accordingly.
This is a working, living document that is updated as appropriate.
In creating the AI Syllabus and this accompanying guide, we hope to …
Organize a set of AI articles, videos, podcasts, and other media by lenses/disciplines/uses.
Prioritize open access texts.
Show an expansive look and establish a longer history/approach to machine learning.
Capture the “multiverse” of the conversation - Practical, philosophical, theoretical, critical, educational, and creative to work against reduction.
Provide short summaries or descriptions of the piece.
Provide pedagogical strategies and project ideas.
Approach all teaching, learning, knowing, doing, and feeling about AI from a place of criticality.
Acknowledge this as a living - changing - working document.
We are motivated by the work of other scholars who inspired the organization of this document and express gratitude to them for their scholarship and labor. They include:
Critical AI literacies in this guide are inspired by and adapted from Hervieux & Wheatley's AI Literacy Framework (2024) with thanks.
The text of this guide is the work of Moss and Kingsley in consultation with OpenAI's ChatGPT (March 2025).
Additional thanks to the DVC students whose research contributed to this syllabus. Their contributions have been noted accordingly in the relevant entries.
