Chronicling the Digital Life Initiative Seminars at Cornell Tech
As chronicler of Cornell Tech’s Digital Life Initiative, I shed light on AI with a focus on ethics, policy, politics, and quality of life. The subject is ripe for visual interpretation: from exploring “catness” in AI Bias, to examining the question of ostrich-like complicity amongst Facebook’s growth hackers, to looking at unfairness in Tel Aviv service smart service offerings based on infrastructure disparities. Sometimes the drawings illuminate a dark space, like that of Intimate Partner Violence, bias in Kidney Distribution, or the potential for AI to serve as “Moral Advisors.” Other times, the drawings reflect a carnival atmosphere, with audiences subject to mass surveillance, artists’ contracts subject to a deceptive blockchain “House of Mirrors,” and a racially charged merry-go-round. Throughout they caution us against adoption of technologies without broad consideration of their impact today and on the kind of world we’ll leave for our children.
Below are some drawings from the 2018 and 2019 seasons:
You can find the complete set of these drawings on the Digital Life Initiative “Reflections” page. Stay tuned for more sketches as the 2019 seminar progresses.
