AI tools can now write your essays, generate images from a sentence, and hold conversations that feel disturbingly human. You’ve probably already used them. But do you know how they actually work? Do you know who built them, what data they were trained on, and who benefits when you use them? This course takes AI seriously in three ways: technically, critically, and creatively.
In 1962, a group of programmers at MIT created Spacewar!, one of the first video games ever made. By the end of this course, you’ll build your own version of it. Along the way, you’ll learn what computer science actually is, which turns out to be less about coding and more about systematic design.
