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Calculating Empires: A "large-scale research visualization" by Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler showing the evolution of communications technologies and how they have been used to advance projects of social control.
posted by Cash4Lead (6 comments total) 15 users marked this as a favorite
 
This is amazing. Thank you.
posted by signal at 11:09 AM on June 24 [1 favorite]


this visualization makes me feel like i both want & do not want a bigger screen
posted by HearHere at 12:01 PM on June 24


I want that visualization as a wall-sized poster
posted by Saxon Kane at 12:14 PM on June 24


is generative ai portrayed as 'a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money'? no? because i think it sure looks like it

(thanks matt taibbi, you eloquent, once-righteous shitbag, now plain shitbag)
posted by lalochezia at 1:31 PM on June 24 [1 favorite]


Crawford & Joler previously created a visualization, Anatomy of an AI System, that's on display at NYC's Museum of Modern Art in the "Systems" gallery.
posted by theory at 1:51 AM on June 25 [2 favorites]


This is a mind boggling and terrifying presentation in equal measure. So much to unpack, so many new perspectives to integrate...

Thanks+++ Cash4Lead for the post and theory for the extra link.
posted by protorp at 2:02 AM on June 25 [1 favorite]


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