Technology
Confusing The Machine: Art, Masks and Facial Recognition
Ferran Esteve
Masks have been used by artists and activists as a tool for offering resistance against facial recognition systems.
Commons
Technology
Rethinking AI: Distributed Cognition and Expanded Corporeality
Toni Navarro | Alejandra López Gabrielidis
A defence of AI as a commons and of the need to collectively intervene in its development.
Technology
Can Algorithms Be Fairer Than People?
Karma Peiró | Ricardo Baeza-Yates
What degree of trust should we place in machines and how much consideration should we give to professional expertise?
Technology
The Place of People in the Digital Carnival
Enric Luján
From the depersonalised and anonymous Internet to the culture of exposure and virality of today’s social media.
Technology
Why We Keep Talking About NFTs
Pau Waelder
What are the causes of the NFT boom in the contemporary art market and what does it bode for the future of digital art?
Technology
Against Complexity
Joana Moll
Technological solutions often side-step the complexity of the systemic problems they face.
Technology
The update that never ends
Ivan Pintor Iranzo
We take a look at TikTok, an infinite scroll platform where consumption and production are the same thing.
Technology
Remember the Human
Albert Lloreta
Reddit, the interface between digital niches and the mainstream, is one of the battle grounds for debates on freedom of expression and toxicity in the era of the great algorithm.
Technology
Connective nightmare at the call centre
Arnau Horta
For both ends of the telephone line, the call centre means giving up empathy and understanding.
Technology
Can AI create a more just world?
Karma Peiró | Ricardo Baeza-Yates
If we know that algorithms may have biases that can harm individuals or groups, why do we let them make decisions?
Planet
Technology
A Geology of Media
Jussi Parikka | Garnet Hertz
The materiality of media is not limited to economic or technical issues; it has an intimate connection with the soil, the air and nature.
Technology
Social networks: editing or censorship?
Jorge Carrión
The change in behaviour of big media platforms sparks reflection on the ethical regulation of information.