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The Uncanny Gaze of the Machine
when computer scientists rely on their own limited intuitions to design systems, rather than engage theories that show how identities are “enacted, contextual, imaginative, and infrastructural,” they are likely to perpetuate patterns of discrimination and disenfranchisement.
Ruha Benjamin • Imagination: A Manifesto (A Norton Short)
It’s not that they are listening and then they can do targeted ad serving. It’s that their model of you is so accurate that it’s making predictions about you that you think are magic.”
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
Are you feeding your algorithm or is it feeding you?
morningfyi.substack.com
When we consider how attention is ordinarily intermingled with both perception and judgment, it’s easier to understand why the gaze of the machine may become unsettling. In the case of applications designed to take our measure, to assess our creditworthiness, say, or our fit with a prospective employer or how well we are performing, we are not mere... See more