So, this is the final entry or wrap up, and focus on the lifestream as an experiential learning activity, it has been an informative, shocking and enlightening around the traces we leave and the notion of being open and having discourse in an open space, where self-censoring felt required around …
The algorithmic play aspect was fun, but equally, I was reluctant to play around too much with the useful algorithms (the ones I like, Spotify for example). But all the same, it was exciting playing. Some observations, I wanted to spoof google into thinking I was somewhere else and see …
Algorithmic Play I have created a link to a Prezi on my explorations in algorithms, I initially explored IBM Watson chat bots and Microsofts own azure version, but they are not as off the shelf as promised. Algorithmic Play
How Does Spotify Know You So Well? A software engineer explains the science behind personalized music recommendations from Diigo https://ift.tt/2GEWwRV via IFTTT
We began algorithmic culture block this week, although it feels like they have been with us through the course, an underlying ever-present shadow 🙂 My lifestream entry for this week is this Diigo, an article on German artist Simon Weckert, set out to subvert google maps algorithm, by wandering around …
The algorithms are not quite there yet, but … this is a evidence of one being used for good. A more towards making all images more accessible with use for ALT-text. via http://twitter.com/jon8jack
I Decoded the Spotify Recommendation Algorithm. Here’s What I Found. from Diigo https://ift.tt/33JwnYZ via IFTTT
An Artist Used 99 Phones to Fake a Google Maps Traffic Jam An Artist Used 99 Phones to Fake a Google Maps Traffic Jam With his “Google Maps Hack,” artist Simon Weckert draws attention to the systems we take for granted—and how we let them shape us. PHOTOGRAPH: SIMON WECKERT …
Watch on YouTube here: Aaron Koblin: Artfully visualizing our humanity
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