Technological Refusal: Reflections on developing a politics of computing, with Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan

Notes from the lecture: In keeping with the theme of her talk (technological refusal), Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan asked that we not record her lecture. A similar talk was already available on YouTube, and that’s what I’m sharing here. Speaking with computer science students, Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan made the case that computing needs to… Continue reading Technological Refusal: Reflections on developing a politics of computing, with Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan

Reframing the Questions of Ethics in AI and Data Analytics, with Paul Dourish

From political manipulation on social media to racial bias in criminal justice systems, a range of problems have turned public and professional attention towards the questions of ethics in AI and data science. Just what are those questions, though? Simply asking what the ethics of those technologies might be seems to presume the inevitability of… Continue reading Reframing the Questions of Ethics in AI and Data Analytics, with Paul Dourish