Big Data
Non consensual bots and personal space
There is this bot on Twitter that creates a blogpost out of twitter threads. The bot functions...
On the war machine assemblages
My lecture from 2017 at the University of Amsterdam: Our collective unconscious of violence: on networks and...
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...
Ephemeral Archives
From "Silicon Valley Can't Be Trusted With Our History" "It’s the paradox of the internet age: Smartphones...
Coloniality of the Algoritm
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...
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 that would be...
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 I haven’t touched...
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 vastly accelerate a...
The Body as Data
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...
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...
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...
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...
Taxonomies
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 vastly accelerate a...
Picking a computer is like picking a wife
https://twitter.com/evgenymorozov/status/997930551154790400 https://twitter.com/evgenymorozov/status/997931824927133696
Surveillance
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...
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...
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...
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...
