Artificial intelligence has long been an object of both fear and fascination in the stories we tell, from the murderous HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey to the benevolent android Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Lately, questions about AI’s impact on our lives have taken on a new urgency. While HAL famously proclaimed, “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that,” today’s AI is increasingly showing all that it can do. This course will look at how narratives around artificial intelligence in fiction, film, and other media explore what it means to be human, and what the future may hold for our relationship with AI.