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NI-HCM Mind Hacking Extent of teaching: 2P+1C Instructor: Holý J., Jiřina M. Completion: ZK Department: 18106 Credits: 5 Semester: Z Annotation:
Cognitive security is an emerging discipline that is closely related to cyber security. While the domain of cyber security is the protection of networks, information systems and assets, the domain of cognitive security is the protection of the human mind from intentional and unintentional digital manipulation. The topic of cognitive security is growing in importance in the context of information warfare, increasing digital dependence and the development of artificial intelligence, where these phenomena from the Internet environment have real societal impacts such as disruption of social cohesion, threats to democracy or war.
Lecture syllabus:
1. (Intro) Introduction to the topic, digital manipulation and epistemic crisis, societal implications. 2. (Intro) Context. History, ethics, myths, what is different today than before. Paradigm shift - from book printing, to mass, to social media. 3. (Intro) Optics for structuring complexity. Digital Manipulation - The Epidemiological Triad 4. (Deep) Zoom in on the detail. Agent. Memetics, actor identity, motivation. 5. (Deep) Zoom on detail. Agent. Manipulative narratives, troll strategies. 6. (Deep) Close-up. Guest - individual. Humanity, transhumanism, limits of critical thinking. Neuroplasticity - Mere Exposure Effect,, Emotions - Cognitive Biases, Behavioral profiles and their processing. 7. Guest - Group. Group dynamics in information space. Types of communities, models of (self-)organization, value frameworks. Digital cults - QAnon, cryptocurrencies and others. Herd behaviour, group manipulation, "movement hijack". 8. Environment. Social networking algorithms, Situational Awareness, Digital addiction. 9. Environment. Media space and conspiracy, fragmentation of society. 10. (Defence) Looking back at the whole. So what? Solution 1 - Individual. Critical thinking, mindfulnes, depolarizing techniques, tools. 11. (Defense) Looking back at the whole. So what? Solution 2 - Group/Organization. Technological solutions. 12. (Defense) Looking back at the whole. So what? Solution 3 - Company. Legal aspects, European vs US law (for digital technologies, AI, social networks). 13. (Conclusion) Reminder of red line subject and highlights. Opening the door for further exploration and resolution of the topic. Seminar syllabus:
Exercises will take the form of semester projects in which students will work in teams to solve real problems. The semester projects will focus on a wide range of technologies used for digital manipulation. Specific assignments will be developed at least in part with relevant government and non-profit sector stakeholders. The output of each semester project should ideally be a working prototype published as open source and reusable by the general public.
1. Assignment of semester projects and formation of teams. 2. Understanding the problem, mapping existing solutions. 3. Mapping of existing solutions, concept design. 4. Supervision 1. Design of own solution. 5. Supervision 2. Testing and calibration of own solution. 6. Defence of semester projects before an expert committee (practitioners + external experts). 7. Reflection of semester projects. Literature:
Books:Studies:
[1] Sinan Aral: The Hype Machine (2021) [2] John Rust, Michal Kosinski, David Stillwell: Modern Psychometrics (2021) [3] Kate Crawford: Atlas of AI (2021) [4] Johan Farkas, Jannick Schou: Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy (2020) [5] Christopher Wylie: Mindfuck: Insiden Cambridge Analytica?s Plot to Break the World (2019) [6] Shoshana Zuboff: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism (2019) [7] Peter Pomerantsev: This Is Not Propaganda (2019) [8] Katherine Hayles: Untought: The Power of the Cognitive Nonconsious (2017) [9] David Halpern: Inside the Nudge Unit: How Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference (2015) [10] Frank Pasquale: The Black Box Society (2015) [11] Gad Saad: The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense (2021) Organizations:
[12] Carlos Carrasco-Farré: The fingerprints of misinformation: how deceptive content differs from reliable sources in terms of cognitive effort and appeal to emotions (Nature, 2022) [13] Topological measures for identifying and predicting the spread of complex contagions (Nature, 2021) [14] Predicting human decisions with behavioral theories and machine learning (2019) [15] Aral, et. al: The spread of true and false news online (MIT, 2018) Essays:
[16] Center for Humane Technology [17] Stanford Internet Observatory [18] Shorenstein Center of Media, Politics and Public Policy [19] The Markup [20] Algotransparency [21] Behavioral Institute
[21] Jonathan Haidt: Why the past 10 years of American Life have been uniquely stupid (2022, The Atlantic) [22] Shoshana Zuboff: The Coup We Are Not Talking About (2021, NYTimes) [23] Why some biologists and ecologists think social media is a risk to humanity (2021) Requirements:
There are no entry requirements.
Garantem a vyučujícím bude Ing. Josef Holý.
Informace o předmětu a výukové materiály naleznete na https://courses.fit.cvut.cz/NI-HCM/The course is also part of the following Study plans:
Study Plan Study Branch/Specialization Role Recommended semester NI-TI.2018 Computer Science V Není NI-PB.2020 Computer Security V Není NI-ZI.2020 Knowledge Engineering V Není NI-SPOL.2020 Unspecified Branch/Specialisation of Study V Není NI-TI.2020 Computer Science V Není NI-TI.2023 Computer Science V Není NI-NPVS.2020 Design and Programming of Embedded Systems V Není NI-PSS.2020 Computer Systems and Networks V Není NI-MI.2020 Managerial Informatics V Není NI-SI.2020 Software Engineering (in Czech) V Není NI-SP.2020 System Programming V Není NI-WI.2020 Web Engineering V Není NI-SP.2023 System Programming V Není
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