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A proposal that we think about digital technologies such as machine learning not in terms of artificial intelligence but as artificial communication. Algorithms that work with deep learning and big data are getting so much better at doing so many things that it makes us uncomfortable. How can a device know what our favorite songs are, or what we should write in an email? Have machines become too smart? In Artificial Communication, Elena Esposito argues that drawing this sort of analogy between algorithms and human intelligence is misleading. If machines contribute to social intelligence, it will not be because they have learned how to think like us but because we have learned how to communicate with them. Esposito proposes that we think of “smart” machines not in terms of artificial intelligence but as artificial communication. To do this, we need a concept of communication that can take into account the possibility that a communication partner may not be a human being but an algor

An exploration of how heteronormative bias is deeply embedded in the internet, hidden in algorithms, keywords, content moderation, and more.In The Digital Closet, Alexander Monea argues provocatively that the Internet became straight by suppressing everything that is not, forcing LGBTQ+ content into increasingly narrow channels―rendering it invisible through opaque algorithms, automated and human content moderation, warped keywords, and other strategies of digital overreach. Monea explains how the United States’ thirty-year “war on porn” has brought about the over-regulation of sexual content, which, in turn, has resulted in the censorship of much nonpornographic content―including material on sex education and LGBTQ+ activism. In this wide-ranging, enlightening account, Monea examines the cultural, technological, and political conditions that put LGBTQ content into the closet. Monea looks at the anti-porn activism of the alt-right, Christian conservatives, and anti-porn feminists, who

From baby pictures in the cloud to a high school's digital surveillance system: how adults unwittingly compromise children's privacy online.Our children's first digital footprints are made before they

Life hacking as self-help for the creative class in the digital age: using systems in pursuit of health, wealth, and productivity.Life hackers track and analyze the food they eat, the hours they sleep

Why technology is not an end in itself, and how cities can be “smart enough,” using technology to promote democracy and equity.Smart cities, where technology is used to solve every problem, are hailed

Bathrooms tend to be a challenge when decorating ? designers must make space for the toilet, plus for towels and storage. Ideas: Bathrooms offers a collection of photos of modern small bathrooms where

When we have open spaces in our home it is essential to try to put them to the best use possible, creating the ideal place that invites relaxation or conversation, whether a living room, dining area,

To plan the decoration of each of the spaces, Ideas publishes + Apartments to teach new decorative styles, to personalize specific designs but well-grounded. If an apartment is small or big, if the he

To know how to make the most of the spaces for objects that we have is as important as the caring and the design of the spaces. That's why + Storage provides ideas of how to make the most of the usefu

If you are either a private individual or a professional, this book presents the most outstanding ideas in housing lighting. Among the essential aspects to consider in order to match the best options

This catalog of solutions will help you find the right combination of textures and colors, open and transparent spaces, cozy and intimate settings, daylight and artificial lighting, indoors and outdoo

This catalog of solutions will help you find the right combination of textures and colors, open and transparent spaces, cozy and intimate settings, daylight and artificial lighting, indoors and outdoo

Nation and Identity provides a concise and comprehensive account of the place of national identity in modern life. Ross Poole argues that the nation became a fundamental organising principle of social