A Collective Research on Logistics, Spaces, Labour
Urban Automation is an ongoing process, a field defined by multiple tensions, an umbrella term for different and complex trends: the processes of urban digitalization (smart cities, platform urbanization, AI urbanism, etc.), the urban implications of the industrial revolution 4.0, the changing shape of everyday urban onlife, the cyborgization of labour, and so forth. These …
We reccomend you to read and download for free this interesting book edited by Sandro Mezzadra, Niccolò Cuppini, Mattia Frapporti and Maurilio Pirone on the impact of platform capitalism into urban spaces. The book is the final publication of the Horizon 2020 project PLUS. below you find the presentatio and the index of the volume. …
What does it mean to develop subversive knowledge for social transformation? It entails generating knowledge to support struggles. This isn’t about merely ‘understanding’ or ‘interpreting’ reality, but rather about creating knowledge that can be used as a tool to actively intervene in social conflicts and transformation processes. To develop such knowledge, the Into the Black …
The dominant contemporary paradigm of technological transformation is based on the assumption that a few giant companies have a monopoly on innovation, while people are threatened by mass surveillance and States can simply regulate the market. For this reason, Big Tech has gained overwhelming power nowadays, resembling more and more modern commercial empires. Citizens can …
This working paper has been presented and discussed for the firts time the 26 November 2023 at The International Conference on AI for People (CAIP) organised by the non-profit association AI for People. The critiques and proposals expressed in the paper will be further discussed at the event AI for the People: Immaginari e Politiche dell’Intelligenza …
Next 26 November 2023 we will have a talk at The International Conference on AI for People (CAIP) organised by the non-profit association AI for People born out of the idea of shaping Artificial Intelligence technology around human and societal needs. See you at 12PM at Palazzo dal Monte (Bologna, Italy). It is possible to read the …