Ateneo - UPO

David C. Krakauer et al., «Large language models and emergence: a complex systems perspective», Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 384, fasc. 2320 (2026): 20250014, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2025.0014.

Gregory Chatonsky, «Une Lecture Impossible / An Impossible Reading», Gregory Chatonsky, dicembre 2025, https://chatonsky.net/impossible-read/.

Olivier Ertzscheid, «La stratégie Ender de l’IA : le monde comme délégation et comme simulation.», ChatGPT et Ses Ami.e.s, affordance.info, 11 luglio 2026, https://affordance.framasoft.org/2026/07/la-strategie-ender-de-lia-le-monde-comme-delegation-et-comme-simulation/.

Adam Goulston, «AI Tools for Researchers and Journal Editors – A Comprehensive List (with a Free Tool)», MacroLingo Global Content Solutions, 8 marzo 2026, https://macrolingo.com/ai-tools-for-researchers-and-journal-editors/.

UNIUPO, «Linee guida transitorie per utilizzo strumenti di intelligenza artificiale», 7 febbraio 2025, https://www.uniupo.it/sites/default/files/2025-02/decretorettore_Lineeguida_IA_06_02_2025_fto_ptes.pdf.

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 Laying down Harmonised Rules on Artificial Intelligence ... (Artificial Intelligence Act), No. 2024/1689, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202401689.

Jürgen Geuter, «AI as a Fascist Artifact», Smashing Frames, 21 aprile 2026, https://tante.cc/2026/04/21/ai-as-a-fascist-artifact/.

Fabio Ciotti, «Parlare con le macchine: Il prompt engineering come competenza epistemica», DigitCult - Scientific Journal on Digital Cultures 11, fasc. 1 (2026): 10–28, https://doi.org/10.54103/2531-5994/31801.

to incorporate a robust critical and evaluative component into our approach to AI, recognising it not merely as a tool but as a complex system capable of radically transforming (changing) society in all its aspects

ability to use a computer by configuring its options and settings

lectures, practical activities, flipped classroom

you mustn’t skip more than 2 lessons; to enable to catch up on the content of any lessons you have missed, video recordings of the lessons will be made available on DIR

final assignment

1) introduction to the topic; participants’ experiences of using AI systems
2) the generic prompt; the appropriate prompt – participants’ experiences
3) scientific writing and GAIDET
4) the variety of AI tools available in a scientific context
5) environmental issues (physical space and human space) caused by the spread of AI systems
6) AI systems and the workplace; the UPO’s "Linee guida transitorie per utilizzo strumenti di intelligenza artificiale" (=Interim Guidelines on the Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools)
7) the change taking place is epistemic, not merely organisational/formal
8) conclusions

understanding of the many problematic aspects of using AI systems and critical awareness as a user