What do we do?
Author: miriamposner
Week 9
The work of art Does anyone get to be an artist anymore? Roose, Kevin. “A.I.-Generated Art Is Already Transforming Creative Work.” The New York Times, October 21, 2022, sec. Technology.…… Continue reading Week 9
Week 8
Generative AI
Week 7
Content moderation Who deals with all of social media’s garbage? Chotiner, Isaac. “The Underworld of Online Content Moderation.” The New Yorker, July 5, 2019. https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-underworld-of-online-content-moderation. (article, 11 mins.) The Cleaners,…… Continue reading Week 7
Week 6
Hidden humans in the loop
Week 5
Influencer culture and the hustle economy
Week 4
Logistics and manufacturing
Week 3
The labor of technology Who designs all this stuff? McIlwain, Charlton. “The Fort Rodman Experiment.” Logic Magazine, December 20, 2020. https://logicmag.io/commons/the-fort-rodman-experiment/. (article, 17 mins.) Tarnoff, Ben, and Moira Weigel. “The…… Continue reading Week 3
Week 2
The big picture How should we be thinking about society and technology? Wiebe E. Bijker, “King of the Road: The Social Construction of the Safety Bicycle,” from Of Bicycles, Bakelite,…… Continue reading Week 2
Week 1
Introductions In-class links In-class slides Ask questions Documentary The Gig Is Up, 2021. https://ucla.kanopy.com/en/ucla/video/11858361.