Can computers “see”? In recent decades we have seen a proliferation of vision devices connected to computational machinery and the codes that operate it. From self-driving cars and “smart” vacuums, to facial recognition techniques used by law enforcement, to motion tracking of bodies used by artists and advertisers, and object recognition used in novel shopping experiences, we find these devices and their algorithms at the center of our everyday human-computer-interaction experience. But what does it mean to speak of computers as possessing vision? This course will interrogate the ways that computers see, examining the mechanisms of algorithmic seeing and the various biases that it introduces and reproduces. // DIGITAL CURRENTS is a hands-on, project-oriented workshop on contemporary digital technology in the Code as a Liberal Art program. The course will meet for 12 hours over 4 weeks of the semester. Coursework will include reading popular journalism and trade press, as well as scholarship in media and science & technology studies to establish historical context and engagement with the ongoing debates and controversies. Students will be given practical, technical instruction, and will end the course having produced a final project using this technology. No prior coding experience is required but students are advised to first take LCOD 2000 and LCOD 2010, 2012, or 2013. This course is repeatable for credit. For the Fall 2025 semester, the class will meet four times, on October 10, 17, 24, and November 7.