Episode 21: Digital Ethnography and Algorithmic Folklore with Gabriele de Seta
Description
In a new episode of ‘Off Center’, Scott Rettberg and Gabriele de Seta come together for a discussion about Chinese surveillance compared to Western surveillance and Gabriele’s new research project on Algorithmic Folklore. Tune in now.
References
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De Seta, Gabriele. 2015. Dajiangyou: Media practices of vernacular creativity in postdigital China. [Thesis doctoral].
De Seta, Gabriele, & Shchetvina, Anya. 2023. Imagining machine vision: Four visual registers from the Chinese AI industry. AI & Society. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-023-01733-x.
Merchant, Amil, Batzner, Simon, Schoenholz, Samuel S. et al. 2023. Scaling deep learning for materials discovery. Nature, 624, 80–85. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06735-9.
Perrault, Ray, & Clark, Jack. 2024. Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2024. Stanforth University.