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“Fauxtomation”
By: Daniel Nunez The hype and increased prevalence of Artificial Intelligence companies and their products have renewed public anxieties about automation. There is understandable public fear that Artificial Intelligence, chatbots, image recognition algorithms, and robotics represent an incoming wave of digital and mechanical labourers that will replace human workers. In speaking with community members at […]
The Fantasy of AI Therapy
By: Daniel Arauz Nunez The development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the mid-20th century has been long intertwined with fantasies of computer therapists. Joseph Weizenbaum created ELIZA, one of the first chatbots, to explore communication between humans and computers. Against his own expectations and intentions, Weizenbaum was surprised to learn that users enjoyed discussing personal […]
Lofi Automated Recommendation Systems to Work/Study to
By: Daniel Arauz Nunez Algorithmic recommendation systems have, deservingly, been the subject of scrutiny amongst artists and commentators in the music industry. The New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka’s new book Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Cultureargues that these systems heavily shape the products we buy, and the culture we consume. For Chayka, machine-guided curation stifles […]