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  1. AI, Cows and earthworms, with holiday book recommendations!

    In a recent episode of Finnish podcast Herrasmieshakkerit (Gentleman hackers) , there was an interview with Arttu Lehmuskallio, the head of Finnish National Cyber Security Centre, who briefly discussed how cows have about five computers each. As I am sitting and writing this with my laptop and only have two other computing devices with me (my clock and my phone), I am feeling a bit jealous. Whether the cows surf the Intermoo or watch the Cowflix or not, this bit of information goes to show how digital processes envelop even the picturesque image of a pure countryside and the milking…

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  2. Contempora intearther -machine interprets my dissertation and end of the year musings about AI

    One of the big things in digital technology this year has been the advancements in AI and in particular in machine learning (ML). A lot of great and exciting things has been written about them this year. From the almost incredible mind-reading AI to dystopian visions and further. Despite, AI and ML are producing novel ideas and applications, in some way the current hype of AI and ML reminds me of the hype of big data, or digitalisation, just a while back. The idea remains the same, but the buzzword has just changed. Art has not been left out of…

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  3. Misrecollection of forgetting’ -The absent minded programmers guide to machine learning

    “Programming is forgetting” teaches Allison Parrish, an NY-based artist, and programmer (Parrish, 2016). What she means is that by translating functions, actions and material into the digital world by programming we make compromises and forget the complexity of the world. Such accommodation is essential; otherwise, it would be very hard to create any digital programs. For instance, translating sound into digital form means choosing what components of the sound are vital and what are not. Same goes for digital photographs. We have to choose what is essential in the sounds or images and then translate that into repeatable procedures and…

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  4. Grasping AI systems

    Together with Mikko Dufva , I have started working on a project that handles the disconnect between the sophisticated digital systems and the experience of them. In particular, we focus on the new artificial intelligence systems that are being brought into many fields of society -including education. This research project is a continuation from our article “Grasping the Future of Digital Society” that introduced the concept of digi-grasping and our view of embodied digitality. That article is accepted to the Futures-journal and will soon be published. However, below is our abstract and slides from Fera-conference on education , held at…

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  5. My teacher was a computer

    Computers already make our prepackaged lunches sold at seven elevens and manage a plethora of tasks in every area of our society. Why couldn’t computers also be teachers? The above example is imaginary, but based on the current hype of artificial intelligence (AI) it is becoming more real with each passing day. This development may not necessarily be bad, as with many other fields of work, transferring tasks from humans to robots may have a lot of beneficial sides. Already many schools are using software to find plagiarism in students texts or using intelligent learning systems that can help students…

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