9 Artificial intelligence and the socio-technical imaginary
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Jutta Weber
Abstract
Slaughterbots, a video clip that went viral on YouTube shortly after its release in November 2017, might be one of the most influential drone imaginaries to date. The video pictures the dangerous potential of the deployment of autonomous swarms of self-flying mini-drones equipped with Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities, cameras, sensors, face recognition and explosives. This chapter discusses drone surveillance from a data sensing point of view, problematizing the idea that drones can be autonomous machines without human influence.
Abstract
Slaughterbots, a video clip that went viral on YouTube shortly after its release in November 2017, might be one of the most influential drone imaginaries to date. The video pictures the dangerous potential of the deployment of autonomous swarms of self-flying mini-drones equipped with Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities, cameras, sensors, face recognition and explosives. This chapter discusses drone surveillance from a data sensing point of view, problematizing the idea that drones can be autonomous machines without human influence.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vii
- List of contributors ix
- Introduction 1
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Part I Visions
- 1 Flattened vision 19
- 2 Signature strikes, drone art and world-making 39
- 3 The drone of data 55
- 4 Empathy and the image under surveillance capitalism 74
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Part II Bodies
- 5 Disappearing, appearing, and reappearing 91
- 6 The gender politics of the drone 110
- 7 Borders and migration as seen from above 130
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Part III Communities
- 8 Swarm of steel 149
- 9 Artificial intelligence and the socio-technical imaginary 167
- 10 Stranger things 180
- 11 Eyes in the skies 203
- Coda 225
- Index 239
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vii
- List of contributors ix
- Introduction 1
-
Part I Visions
- 1 Flattened vision 19
- 2 Signature strikes, drone art and world-making 39
- 3 The drone of data 55
- 4 Empathy and the image under surveillance capitalism 74
-
Part II Bodies
- 5 Disappearing, appearing, and reappearing 91
- 6 The gender politics of the drone 110
- 7 Borders and migration as seen from above 130
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Part III Communities
- 8 Swarm of steel 149
- 9 Artificial intelligence and the socio-technical imaginary 167
- 10 Stranger things 180
- 11 Eyes in the skies 203
- Coda 225
- Index 239
