Non consensual bots and personal space
There is this bot on Twitter that creates a blogpost out of twitter threads. The bot functions more or less like this: someone writes a …
Machine learned cruelty and border control
The news about immigration control in the US are a daily display of cruelty. Children separated from their families, held in cages, detained in conditions …
On the war machine assemblages
My lecture from 2017 at the University of Amsterdam: Our collective unconscious of violence: on networks and discipline this thread I’ve been expanding the notion …
Private space, public space, personal space
Just a few reflections scribbled in haste for future reference. Re-reading Jurgen Habermas’ “The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere” (a text I gotta confess …
A few observations about Amazon being urged not to sell facial recognition tool to police
From AP News: Amazon’s decision to market a powerful face recognition tool to police is alarming privacy advocates, who say the tech giant’s reach could …
Germany to roll out mass holding centres for asylum seekers, using voice recognition software
via The Guardian “Germany to roll out mass holding centres for asylum seekers” “It is like a prison,” said Lucky Raphael, 24, from Nigeria, who …
The Artifice of Intelligence, an introduction to the research project on AI and algorithms
This is a slightly edited version of my presentation of the research project as part of the study days at Rietveld Academy. A caveat before …
Demarcations, limits, borders
“No” as a border, a demarcation. Consent, then as a negotiation of borders and lines across the interpersonal. (A possibility of radical consent: border negotiation …
Rent your genetic code
“Two leading healthcare companies are joining forces to create a blockchain-based marketplace, powered by artificial intelligence, where individuals can upload their genetic data and rent …
Ephemeral Archives
From “Silicon Valley Can’t Be Trusted With Our History” “It’s the paradox of the internet age: Smartphones and social media have created an archive of …