How is Sam Altman's World infrastructuring a post-democratic AI future? In this paper published in AI & Society, @laura4lano.bsky.social and I analyse how World's value is built on sociotechnical fictions & existential risk narratives that advance a cyberlibertarian transition. tinyurl.com/c8kt4bbz
World (formerly Worldcoin) is Silicon Valley’s latest gambit to fuse biometric surveillance with finance under the guise of "saving" humanity. Our article of the week dissects World as a paradigmatic case of cyberlibertarian technopolitics.
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I'm extremely honored to be delivering a talk, "Designing Consequences: On Living Well with Machines", as part of this Distinguished Lecture Series. Former speakers include some of my academic heroines Lucy Suchman and Helen Nissenbaum.
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Here's my @mitpress.bsky.social book CYBORG, with @laura4lano.bsky.social
We situate cyborgs in history, pop culture, and technology, update 1980s/90s cyborg theory for the 2020s, and offer a final list of principles for living well with technology
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📸 New pix up from premiere of "Cryptic Lineages" commissioned by Museum of the Moving Image. 🙌Thanks to curator @reginaharsanyi.bsky.social for the opportunity and to @laura4lano.bsky.social & @allergyphd.bsky.social for joining me in conversation after. www.laurasplan.com/projects/cry...
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS New York City March” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
If you're in NYC wondering what to do this Friday night, join me, @laura4lano.bsky.social, and @laurasplan.bsky.social at the Museum of the Moving Image for a performance and discussion of Laura Splan's Reframe: Cryptic Lineages
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The special Focus section was edited by Chris Anderson and David Stark drawing on talks from COI@25, a conference celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Center on Organizational Innovation at Columbia University in New York City.
The issue includes wonderful contributions by Balazs Vedres, Gernot Grabher, Magdalena Gil, Zsuzsanna Vargha and Mariann Györke, Joan H. Robinson, Fabian Muniesa and Lucas Graves.
I was honored to contribute this tiny provocation, "CybORGs. Cybernetic Organisms and Cybernetic Organizations", to the new issue of Sociologica: sociologica.unibo.it/issue/view/1...
An image of an octopus advertising a workshop on Octopus Methodologies hosted by Alexandra Toland at the Bauhaus Weimar. I’m giving a talk/workshop called “A Manifesto for Making Critical, Crip & Cyborg Futures”.
Super excited about this!
Yes!! 🔥🤗🙏✊🏼
I literally have the best job in the world! As a professor, my job is basically to believe in people so that they can do their most exciting work. I feel so fortunate to be able to mentor & collaborate with so many smart, creative & cool people everyday.
I know there are more important things going on in the world but what’s the deal with “hotel tissues”: Why are there always only 3 left in the box?
I heard something was happening over here.
I had a seriously difficult time this year figuring out what was an April Fool’s Day post, and what was reality.
3:00 PM – Data Conscience: Algorithmic Siege on our Humanity, Brandeis Marshall @brandeismarshall.bsky.social
4:00 PM – Cyborg, Laura Forlano @laura4lano.bsky.social
5:00 PM – Social Hour & Audience Book Discussion
6:00 PM – Event Close
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I do indeed! Indebted to the wonderful syllabi and materials she puts on her website. When I had to design my first ever STS course, her experiments and activities were a major inspiration. I have Danya's and @laura4lano.bsky.social's new book on my to-read pile... mitpress.mit.edu/978026254755...
heyyyyyy friends I'm back, and with a new book! CYBORG is out February 6th with @laura4lano.bsky.social, preorders available via @mitpress.bsky.social mitpress.mit.edu/978026254755...
Cyborg (co-authored with @allergyphd.bsky.social) is coming out on February 6th! Please pre-order from your favorite bookstore today (thank you!!): mitpress.mit.edu/978026254755...
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