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View article: Culture machine: How MetaCLIP codifies culture
Culture machine: How MetaCLIP codifies culture Open
How is the cultural made computational? CLIP models are a recent artificial intelligence (AI) innovation which train on massive amounts of Internet data in order to align language and image, deploying this ‘grasp’ of cultural concepts to u…
View article: TAMING THE ALGO: GRAB BIKERS GRAPPLING WITH PLATFORM LOGICS FROM BELOW
TAMING THE ALGO: GRAB BIKERS GRAPPLING WITH PLATFORM LOGICS FROM BELOW Open
How do workers conceptualize a platform’s algorithm and adjust their practices to its logic? To pursue this question, we draw on an ethnography of Grab, the leading rideshare platform in Southeast Asia, composed of 60+ trips talking to dri…
View article: Other Worlds: Using AI to Revisit Cybersyn and Rethink Economic Futures
Other Worlds: Using AI to Revisit Cybersyn and Rethink Economic Futures Open
Neoliberalism has become orthodoxy in the present, erasing competing paradigms and alternative imaginings. Chile's radical Cybersyn project from 1971 to 1973 offers a departure point for an alternative path, albeit one that was abruptly an…
View article: Inclusive online learning in Australia: Barriers and enablers
Inclusive online learning in Australia: Barriers and enablers Open
While the pandemic highlighted the critical role technology plays in children’s lives, not all Australian children have reliable access to technology. This situation exacerbates educational disadvantage for children who are already amongst…
View article: Taming the algorithm: The platform realism of GrabBike delivery workers
Taming the algorithm: The platform realism of GrabBike delivery workers Open
How do workers conceptualize a platform’s algorithm and adjust their practices to its logic? To pursue this question, we draw on an ethnography of Grab, the leading rideshare platform in Southeast Asia, composed of 60+ trips talking to dri…
View article: Expansive and Invasive: Mapping the “Bossware” Used to Monitor Workers
Expansive and Invasive: Mapping the “Bossware” Used to Monitor Workers Open
“Bossware” is software that monitors workers, tracking their activity and productivity in often hidden ways. This type of software has seen a surge of interest since the start of the pandemic, as managers attempt to retain oversight of wor…
View article: Misinformation’s missing human
Misinformation’s missing human Open
From pandemics to political campaigns, online misinformation has become acute. In response, a plethora of interventions have been offered, from debunking and prebunking to fact-checking and labeling. While the technical efficacy of these “…
View article: (Re)framing built heritage through the machinic gaze
(Re)framing built heritage through the machinic gaze Open
Built heritage has been both subject and product of a gaze that has been sustained through moments of colonial fixation on ruins and monuments, technocratic examination and representation, and fetishisation by a global tourist industry. We…
View article: Tell me a story: a framework for critically investigating AI language models
Tell me a story: a framework for critically investigating AI language models Open
Large language models are rapidly being rolled out into high-stakes fields like healthcare, law, and education. However, understanding of their design considerations, operational logics, and implicit biases remains limited. How might these…
View article: Digital Labor, Platforms, and AI
Digital Labor, Platforms, and AI Open
This chapter examines the role that platform labor plays in the development of contemporary AI systems. While such systems are often touted as magical innovations, they are typically propped up by vast amounts of human laborers, who clean …
View article: Inclusive Online Learning in Australia: Barriers and Enablers
Inclusive Online Learning in Australia: Barriers and Enablers Open
While the pandemic highlighted the critical role technology plays in children’s lives, not all Australian children have reliable access to technology. This situation exacerbates educational disadvantage for children who are already amongst…
View article: Inclusive Online Learning in Australia: Barriers and Enablers
Inclusive Online Learning in Australia: Barriers and Enablers Open
While the pandemic highlighted the critical role technology plays in children's lives, not all Australian children have reliable access to technology. This situation exacerbates educational disadvantage for children who are already amongst…
View article: (Re)framing Built Heritage through the Machinic Gaze
(Re)framing Built Heritage through the Machinic Gaze Open
Built heritage has been both subject and product of a gaze that has been sustained through moments of colonial fixation on ruins and monuments, technocratic examination and representation, and fetishisation by aglobal tourist industry. We …
View article: Fix my food: An urgent call to action from adolescents on how they experience and want to see change in their food systems
Fix my food: An urgent call to action from adolescents on how they experience and want to see change in their food systems Open
Background Global food systems are failing adolescents. Poor diet quality driving malnutrition among adolescents around the world and the quality of foods eaten by adolescents not only determines their health and development, but also is t…
View article: Toxic play: Examining the issue of hate within gaming
Toxic play: Examining the issue of hate within gaming Open
This article examines the problem of hate and toxic behavior in gaming. Videogames have risen to become a dominant cultural form, seeing significant increases in players, playtime, and revenue. More people are playing games than ever befor…
View article: Truth machines: synthesizing veracity in AI language models
Truth machines: synthesizing veracity in AI language models Open
As AI technologies are rolled out into healthcare, academia, human resources, law, and a multitude of other domains, they become de-facto arbiters of truth. But truth is highly contested, with many different definitions and approaches. Thi…
View article: Unmaking AI Imagemaking: A Methodological Toolkit for Critical Investigation
Unmaking AI Imagemaking: A Methodological Toolkit for Critical Investigation Open
AI image models are rapidly evolving, disrupting aesthetic production in many industries. However, understanding of their underlying archives, their logic of image reproduction, and their persistent biases remains limited. What kind of met…
View article: Structured like a language model: Analysing AI as an automated subject
Structured like a language model: Analysing AI as an automated subject Open
Drawing from the resources of psychoanalysis and critical media studies, in this article we develop an analysis of large language models (LLMs) as ‘automated subjects’. We argue the intentional fictional projection of subjectivity onto LLM…
View article: Parler’s Patriotic Hate
Parler’s Patriotic Hate Open
Gab's Friendly HateIn the snapshot, a husband and wife stand in a living room, smiling back at the camera.The man on the left is decked out in a polo shirt and baseball cap with a crucifix on the front.The woman on the right is adorned in …
View article: The five tests: designing and evaluating AI according to indigenous Māori principles
The five tests: designing and evaluating AI according to indigenous Māori principles Open
As AI technologies are increasingly deployed in work, welfare, healthcare, and other domains, there is a growing realization not only of their power but of their problems. AI has the capacity to reinforce historical injustice, to amplify l…
View article: Red Pilled - The Allure of Digital Hate
Red Pilled - The Allure of Digital Hate Open
Hate is being reinvented. Over the last two decades, online platforms have been used to repackage racist, sexist and xenophobic ideologies into new sociotechnical forms. Digital hate is ancient but novel, deploying the Internet to boost it…
View article: Parler's Patriotic Hate
Parler's Patriotic Hate Open
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