Justin PickardThat there @npseaver on attention proxies, among other things. https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/algopod-4-nick-seaver/id1700434934?i=1000741324967
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Nick Seaver
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anthropology, algorithms, attention | asst prof @ tufts university | he/him | "very relatable, but not exactly chill"
Do I know anyone on here who’s taught a course about net art? Looking for reading inspo for a student.
Andy K SResidents of London: I'm headed your way to give the UCL Digital Anthropology Annual Lecture on Monday—come say hi! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/computing-taste-care-and-control-in-algorithmic-recommendation-tickets-793292809147
anthropologists not invited to the party 😔 https://mastodon.social/@philipncohen/111014016185623657
okay folks, our gas stove is dying and I think that means it's time to switch to induction—has anyone done this successfully? options you like?
Michal Migurski 🍉
starting the latest Children of Time book, and I don’t think I remember the last two well enough—spiders, octopuses, some kind of sentient cellular collective organism thing, AI implemented in an ant colony substrate?
Boston-area STS folks: Tufts STS is looking to hire a part-time lecturer for next academic year. Teaching load is one intro course and two discussion-only reading groups, all on topics of your choice. Benefits-eligible! Hit me up with any questions. https://apply.interfolio.com/124875
(We've tried to design this to be useful to someone looking for teaching experience or to develop a course on your dissertation topic; ABD candidates are very encouraged to apply.)
Tim CowlishawFolks, does anyone remember a 'recent' (within the last six months or so) article on ChatGPT, AI, etc, etc which makes the case that such recent advancements in machine learning are mostly a product of (a) the invention of a method to compute backprop on GPUs, and (b) the particular economic context of having a few large companies which have amassed huge swathes of personal and web data for training? (it was a Zuboff-ish 'data exhaust' type argument as I recall but wasn't her). Thank you!