Amazing work on showing what labour, resources, etc. really go into artificial intelligence!: “An AI system as an anatomical map of human labor, data and planetary resource” Check it out!
Cool use of augmented reality, via @hanatanimura: “I’m so excited to announce #NotableWomen, an AR app that lets you see 100 historic American women where they’ve historically been left out: U.S. currency. Visit http://NotableWomen.com to learn more about the project and share a woman who inspires you with #NotableWomen ✊💙”.
Star and Bowker (2006) on our transient of data infrastructures: “a continued maintenance effort to keep data accessible and usable [will be required] as it passes from one storage medium to another and is analysed by one generation of database technology to the next”.
Great new open access article at @SciAsCulture on biometric identification practices and technologies, and differences.
Interessante reactie van Willem Schinkel ivm de bezuiningen en de grotere institutionele problemen in het universitair onderwijs via @DeGroene.
The digital totalitarian state. Good article on China’s social credit system, and nice use of visual elements I must say.
In light of controversy of Palantir sponsoring the Amsterdam Privacy Conference: “Given the political, economic and societal implications of privacy today, the funding strategies of our conferences matter more than ever” Read the full statement here.
Went to a great lecture today with BROODJE FILOSOFIE (Studium Generale) at the University of Twente on Immanuel Kant.
The physical side of the internet infrastructure - submarine cables. Impressive visualisation.
The Washington Post on Elon Musk: Elon Musk is the ‘poster boy’ of a culture that celebrates ‘obsessive overwork.