What do we do?
Schedule
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. (article, 7 mins.) Chapter 7: “Generative Art as Candy Crush,” in Zylinska, Joanna. AI Art: Machine Visions and Warped Dreams. London: Open Humanities Press, 2020.…… 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, 2018. (video, 88 mins.) This video is available on BruinLearn. On the lefthand sidebar, click on the “UCLA Media Reserves” menu item. Then select the…… 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 Founder.” In Voices from the Valley: Tech Workers Talk about What They Do–and How They Do It. FSG Originals x Logic. New York: Farrar, Straus…… 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, and Bulbs: Toward a Theory of Social Change (MIT, 1997; book chapter, 55 min.) New America. “Worker Voices: Technology and the Future for Workers,” sections…… 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.