Possible Noise
A walk-through of the NCM's "Signal to Noise," a recently opened exhibition curated by Eryk Salvaggio, Joel Stern and Emily Siddons in Melbourne, that examines how artists have worked with noisy channels.
Signal to Noise (and Back Again)
Thoughts on noise, for the opening of “Signal to Noise” at the National Communication Museum in Melbourne.
Signal to Noise
Signal to Noise explores how artists work with, challenge, or complicate the relationship between signals and noise—disruptions, glitches or interference—in communication technologies and the messages they send.
Unsorted Depths
Unsorted Depths visualizes the archive as a cultural formation but also charts the field of memory against the backdrop of noise.
Future Fatigue: How Hype has Replaced Hope in the 21st Century
Gaining traction in the bleakest depths of 2020, Generative AI offered something more than just a tech product. It proposed a way of reimagining the future.
Nixon Called
Over at Tech Policy Press, I wrote about the government commission that lead to the creation of the 1974 Privacy Act, and how an expanding AI state puts the values of privacy from government surveillance at risk. The Privacy Act was created as a response to the growing presence of
What's the point of AGI?
It's been a busy few weeks, but I'm on a panel for the latest podcast of Tech Policy Press' "Sunday Show" alongside Borhane Blili-Hamelin and Margaret Mitchell to discuss a paper we co-authored – with a slew of additional authors – called "Stop Treating
Einstein Gazing at the Water
New work inspired by the history of diffusion and pollen.
Anatomy of an AI Coup
Elon Musk and DOGE's AI plans are not at all about efficiency, but about centralizing power to a small group of technical elites. A sample:
A Fork in the Road
AI is an excuse that allows those with power to operate at a distance from those whom their power touches.
Are Other AIs Possible?
We are seeing a generation of tools built without critically rethinking the purposes they are meant to serve or their role in the broader world. Could we do it differently?
The Ugliest Thing San Francisco Ever Built
I have a new article in Tech Policy Press about infrastructure, AI, urban renewal projects and other public works efforts that ended up creating social and physical burdens due to overreach. Here's how it starts: A day after his inauguration, President Donald Trump was joined in the White