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Tech Colonialism Today

Tech Colonialism Today

EPIC2019 Keynote Address, Providence, Rhode Island Studies on the social effects of computing have enumerated the harms done by AI, social media, and algorithmic decision-making to underrepresented communities in the United States and around the globe. I argue that the approaches of enumerating...

Distant Cousins? Minds, Bodies and Machines

Distant Cousins? Minds, Bodies and Machines

EPIC2019 Keynote Address, Providence, Rhode Island It was several centuries ago that the body was spirited out of conversations about intelligence. The mind-body dualism continues to exert strong influence on the world today—in fields as diverse as education, marketing, politics and technology....

Believe in A.I.: Will You Pray for a Chatbot?

Believe in A.I.: Will You Pray for a Chatbot?

PechaKucha Presentation Automation and Artificial Intelligence are defying the status quo making us rethink our jobs, our relations and, philosophically, our lives purpose. This emerging trend will affect every aspect of our lives: economically, cultural and socially speaking. If you think that...

Automation Otherwise: A Review of “Automating Inequality”

Automation Otherwise: A Review of “Automating Inequality”

Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the PoorVirginia Eubanks2018, 272 pp, St. Martin's Press What if we thought differently about how to integrate human and machine agencies?  As I sat down in to write this review of Virginia Eubanks’ latest book, Automating...