ai cultural sabotage #2 – ranjodh singh dhaliwal

The alleged inevitability of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and its apparently bleak consequences, seem to be passively accepted by most people. However, there are several theorists, activists, and artists who, in a patient, informed and determined way, are demystifying this fatality, exposing the mechanisms that fuel it, revealing paradoxes and offering alternative visions, interpretations and attitudes. AI Cultural Sabotage invites these experts and dissidents to reflect on this issue. This cycle is curated by Alessandro Ludovico, researcher, artist and founding editor of Neural, a magazine focused on media arts, electronic music, and hacktivism, a form of digital activism based on hacker culture and ethics.
This programme is curated by Alessandro Ludovico, a researcher, artist and founding editor of Neural, a magazine focussed on media arts, electronic music and hacktivism, a form of digital activism based on hacker culture and ethics.

#2 ranjodh singh dhaliwal

Professor of digital humanities, artificial intelligence and media studies at the University of Basel in Switzerland, Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal is a renowned academic and researcher. His research is in the fields of media theory, literary studies, computer science, critical design and technology studies. Co-author of the book Neural Networks (2024), he is currently working on a research project entitled Rendering: A Political Anatomy of Computation, where he theorises how cultural narratives, political-economic formulations and beliefs crystallise in computer hardware and software architectures, a topic that has led him to investigate video game design, small-scale AI, the aesthetics of memes and the financial instruments of 13th century Mongols.

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The alleged inevitability of AI and its consequences are passively accepted by most, but there’s a group of theorists, activists, and artists who offer alternative perspectives. AI Culture Sabotage is an online series about these people who fight to reappropriate the rules, purposes and vision of AI.