Claid reading group

Creative Labor, AI and Democracy reading group – 2nd edition

In April we wrapped up the second edition of the Creativity, AI and Labor reading group. The second cycle of 4 appointments covered topics around artificial aesthetics, mass image generation, creative testing paradigms, and the evolving relationship between human creativity … Read More

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Looking back at the first iteration of the Creativity, AI and Labor reading group

In September 2024 I launched my working group on Creative Labor, AI and Democracy (CLAID) at the Digital Democracies Institute. The first activity of the group was to organize a reading group on creativity and AI. Together with Pranjali J. … Read More

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ai in the visual effects industry

AI in the VFX industry: my new research on the implications of artificial intelligence on creative labor

As I am about to wrap up my first monograph based on my Ph.D. dissertation, I am moving the first steps into my next research project. My plan for the next five years is to focus on the interplay between … Read More

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From creative cities to creative towns: an investigation into remote workers attraction incentives programs

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. small towns and secondary cities started offering cash and in-kind incentives to attract remote workers eager to escape overcrowded coastal cities. These new incentive schemes, known in economic literature as Remote Work Attraction Incentives Programs (see Strauss … Read More

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Hustle harder? My ICA 2022 virtual presentation

After two virtual editions (2020 and 2021), the International Communication Association annual conference is back in a hybrid format. I admit that the idea of traveling to Paris to present my work was enticing. However, due to scheduling conflicts, I … Read More

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Visual AI politics/politics of visual AI: Digital Politics Summer School 2025 | digitalpoliticsmanmet

Visual AI politics/politics of visual AI: Digital Politics Summer School 2025 Source: Visual AI politics/politics of visual AI: Digital Politics Summer School 2025 | digitalpoliticsmanmet

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Deliberative Approaches to Inclusive Governance — Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy

Deliberative Approaches to Inclusive Governance: An Essay Series Part of the Democratic Legitimacy for AI Initiative Source: Deliberative Approaches to Inclusive Governance — Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy

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Visual AI politics/politics of visual AI: Digital Politics Summer School 2025 | digitalpoliticsmanmet

Visual AI politics/politics of visual AI: Digital Politics Summer School 2025 Source: Visual AI politics/politics of visual AI: Digital Politics Summer School 2025 | digitalpoliticsmanmet

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Generative AI, Media, and Society – Katalin Feher

Generative AI, Media, and Society Source: Generative AI, Media, and Society – 1st Edition – Katalin Feher – Rout

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SocArXiv Papers | The shape-shifter: a social design method for eliciting AI& Society controversies

The shape-shifter: a social design method for eliciting AI& Society controversies Source: SocArXiv Papers | The shape-shifter: a social design method for eliciting AI& Society controversies

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Behind the Startup by Benjamin Shestakofsky – Paper – University of California Press

Behind the StartupHow Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality Source: Behind the Startup by Benjamin Shestakofsky – Paper – University of California Press

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