Automated Empathy refers to AI models that code and mimic our emotions based on, among other signs, our facial expressions.  We humans understand emotions imperfectly; they are messy, complex and ambiguous.  In coding them, AI replaces ambiguity with an illusion of certainty.   This series expresses my resistance to Automated Empathy, contrasting the imperfection of the handmade with […]

We tell tech companies a lot about ourselves, whether we know we are doing so or not. Apps collect data on what we search for, buy, type, look at (and for how long) when we chooses when we hesitate This information is used to build up a picture of what we are like. But this […]