New Books in Technology   /     Libuse Hannah Veprek, "At the Edge of AI: Human Computation Systems and Their Intraverting Relations" (Transcript, 2024)

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How are human computation systems developed in the field of citizen science to achieve what neither humans nor computers can do alone?Ā  InĀ At the Edge of AI: Human Computation Systems and Their Intraverting RelationsĀ (Transcript, 2024), Libuse Hannah Veprek examines the imagination of these assemblages, their creation, and everyday negotiation in the interplay of various actors and play/science entanglements at the edge of AI. Focusing on their human-technology relations, this ethnographic study shows how these formations are marked by intraversions, as they change with technological advancements and the actors' goals, motivations, and practices. This work contributes to the constructive and critical ethnographic engagement with human-AI assemblages in the making. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/technology

Subtitle
An interview with Libuse Hannah Veprek
Duration
1510
Publishing date
2024-11-08 09:00
Contributors
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How are human computation systems developed in the field of citizen science to achieve what neither humans nor computers can do alone?Ā 

InĀ At the Edge of AI: Human Computation Systems and Their Intraverting RelationsĀ (Transcript, 2024), Libuse Hannah Veprek examines the imagination of these assemblages, their creation, and everyday negotiation in the interplay of various actors and play/science entanglements at the edge of AI. Focusing on their human-technology relations, this ethnographic study shows how these formations are marked by intraversions, as they change with technological advancements and the actors' goals, motivations, and practices. This work contributes to the constructive and critical ethnographic engagement with human-AI assemblages in the making.

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