Full text: https://aprja.net//article/view/115064 The following discussion of computational capital takes the electronic database, an infrastructure for storing in-formation, as vantage point. Following a brief look into how database systems serve in-formation desires, the notion of ‘database as discourse’ by Mark Poster is explored and further developed. Database as discourse establishes a machinic agency, directed towards… Continue reading Essay: Epistemic Harvest – The Electronic Database as Discourse and Means of Data Production (2018)
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Databody (2018)
single channel video, 11:32 min, HD, 2018 On the backdrop of two visits to St. Petersburg/Russia after a period of 20 years the author explores, how his body was transformed to a data body, constantly producing and accessing data. With the help of Google Maps and Youtube he visits and revisits places in the city.… Continue reading Databody (2018)
Essay: How to Hack Artificial Intelligence (2018)
Full Text at http://databasecultures.irmielin.org/how-to-hack-artificial-intelligence This 2018 essay explores the weaknesses of automated pattern recognition (aka artificial intelligence) and discusses, how artists, scientists and activisits have been able to exploit them, using adversarial patterns. Arguing about human agency in relation to machine agency it discusses a range of adversarial methods: abuse scope change the color altered /… Continue reading Essay: How to Hack Artificial Intelligence (2018)