The notion of “liberty” is often used to legitimize Western imperialism and state-sanctioned violence. At the same time a motive and a motivation, an abstract ideal and a rationale for pulling triggers, “liberty” in the West is a privilege for some and a death sentence for others. Unsurprisingly, “liberty” is propagated as starkly lacking in… Continue reading Politics of Liberty
Shouldering the West
Your “5- EUR-per-hour-plumber”. Or the unknown mother who leaves behind her kids 2.000 kilometers away, to take care of your elder. Or your “Shawarma boy”. You know that nothing would function in the West, without the constant and cheap supply of humans from the East. During the Berliner Gazette 2021 conference “Black Box East”, ten… Continue reading Shouldering the West
Post-Covid-19 States
Both, in the so called “First World” and “Third World”, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic registers at many levels, from the still-growing death toll and health-related issues, to an increase of inequality and other political-economic effects. However, while all kinds of reporting try to account for those impacts, it is noteworthy that the “Second… Continue reading Post-Covid-19 States
Photo Album: Black Box East
“Post-Communist” States As Laboratories Of Neoliberal Globalization · Photo Documention of the Berliner Gazette Conference 2021. Fotos by Krystian Woznicki | berlinergazette.de | cc by nc.
“They Don’t Give You Tips Anymore.”
Logistics looks like a well-oiled machine. It appears to be efficient enough from a distance but that’s in part because many of the components in the logistical chain are invisible and often also invisibilised. Especially the human ones. One of the 2 groups from the Logistical Noir workshop decided to go and meet the ones… Continue reading “They Don’t Give You Tips Anymore.”
Work, Care, and Invisible Organization: Mapping Power and Resistance in 2030
For our contribution to SILENT WORKS our group began with a science-fiction scenario 10 years into the future where the world had been profoundly reshaped by AI capitalism and where most workers were both providing and relying on the fruits of its (no longer quite so hidden) labor. We imagined that, as titanic AI-driven platform… Continue reading Work, Care, and Invisible Organization: Mapping Power and Resistance in 2030
I swear I’m not a robot!
When CAPTCHA was invented in early 2000, it was, and still the idea behind its usage is, to ensure that humans use critical infrastructure and web services. But, in its basic principle, Shweta Ganjoo has briefly summarised the logic of CAPTCHAs, is similar to machine learning “all about identifying patterns”. While digitisation, machine learning technologies… Continue reading I swear I’m not a robot!
The Human Labor Behind Artificial Intelligence, or: The Politics of AAI
The term Artificial Intelligence (AAI) has been chosen to shed light on the fact that AI only appears to work autonomously. In reality, human labor is required to create this magical appearance. To this end, millions of micro tasks are distributed to workers via platforms such as Amazon Mechanical Turk. Their flexible ‘daily work’ forces… Continue reading The Human Labor Behind Artificial Intelligence, or: The Politics of AAI
What if Invisibilized Workers Reclaimed the Future?
The Dull, Dangerous & Dirty workshop demystified the world of silent work and delved into an exercise of the imagination. Participating researchers shared findings of current challenges facing workers in the care sector (particularly during COVID), content moderation, and micro-tasking fields. The Dull, Dangerous & Dirty workshop demystified the world of silent work and delved… Continue reading What if Invisibilized Workers Reclaimed the Future?
Prophecies 4 the Future of Work – About
Prophecies 4 the Future of Work was produced by a group of digital researchers (Felix Diefenhardt, Aslı Dinç, Katrin M. Kämpf , Nelli Kambouri, Felix Nickel). We got together in the three-day online workshop of the Silent Works project during the pandemic to exchange ideas about silence and precarious work. All of us had done… Continue reading Prophecies 4 the Future of Work – About
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ABOUT – INTRO
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ABOUT – INTRO All of our Artificial ARTIFICIAL Intelligence is busy at this time, stay on the line and keep believing. There is no human labour available at the moment The future you wanted to hear cannot be reached at the moment, please try again later All of our human labour is out of service… Continue reading Prophecies 4 the Future of Work – Prophecy 4
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ABOUT – INTRO Your Future is Bright!You will experience transformations that will revolutionize your life forever! LOVE Your heart is in the right place to start a new passionate love affair; this time with revolution. You will fall in love with mind-blowing liberating ideas and your near future will be filled with protest, dissent and… Continue reading Prophecies 4 the Future of Work – Prophecy 3