Course: Optional course 11

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Course title Optional course 11
Course code KBH/VS11M
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Polách Vladimír, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Marková Eva, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. History and theory of natural language processing: from symbolic NLP to the representation of meaning in information theory. 2. Architecture and technical foundations of LLMs: tokenisation, vectorisation, semantic embeddings and Transformers. 3. Prompting methodology and architecture: the R-T-F model, prompt chaining, few-shot prompting and iterative refinement. 4. Working with context and tone: specifying perspective, target audiences and stylistic register. 5. Closed-domain document analysis (RAG): source verification, preventing hallucinations and working in the NotebookLM environment. 6. AI in publishing and editorial practice: stylistic proofreading, drafting peer reviews and grant applications. 7. Systematisation and agent-based systems: creating custom GPTs, multi-stage automation and the principle of vibe coding. 8. Educational use of AI: Socratic dialogue, argumentation training, gamification and the creation of teaching aids. 9. Ethical, legal and institutional limits: plagiarism, AI disclosure, authorship and the ELIZA effect. (covered throughout the course) 10. AI ontology and the vision of AGI/ASI: the development of autonomy, the limits of consciousness, post-scarcity and the transformation of society.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
- To understand the fundamentals of artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications in the fields of (among others) publishing, editing and creative work - To analyse the possibilities, ethical issues and limitations involved in working with AI - To acquire practical skills in working with AI tools - To create your own AI-based project focused on publishing and editorial practice
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: - explain the key theoretical and historical milestones in the development of NLP and the physical and mathematical principles underlying the functioning of large language models (tokenisation, embeddings); - design and apply advanced structured prompts (using R-T-F models, chaining and context specification) for complex text-based tasks; - create a functional architecture for customer AI agents or custom GPT bots with multi-stage instruction processing for specific work processes (proofreading, PR, editorial work); - critically assess the factual accuracy, coherence, ethical pitfalls and limitations of AI-generated outputs; - be familiar with and able to apply applicable ethical and research standards and academic rules (including citations and AI disclosure) in academic and creative work.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Systematic Observation of Student

- One absence is permitted; any absence may be made up by submitting the work required for that session (which will be available on Moodle) - At the end of each seminar, students must submit the results of their work in accordance with the lecturers' specifications (for more complex assignments, submission may take place in several stages) - A prerequisite for obtaining credit is the completion and presentation of a final project, which will be set as a group assignment
Recommended literature
  • Carr Nicholas. Skleněná klec. Brno. 2015.
  • Dvořák, Tomáš a kol.:. Umělá inteligence jako (nové) médium. Praha. 2025.
  • McStay, Andrew. (2018). Emotional AI : the rise of empathic media.
  • PIORECKÝ, Karel ? HUSÁROVá, Zuzana. Kultura neuronových sítí. syntetická literatura a umění (nejen) v českém a slovenském prostředí. Praha. 2024.
  • Rudolf Červenka. (2025). Umělá inteligence: zdroje, podstata, současný stav, využití, výhled.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2023) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2023) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -