AI&CONFLICTS. VOLUME 02
Pasquinelli, Buschek & Thorp, Salvaggio, Steyerl, Dzodan, Klein & D’Ignazio, Lee, Quaranta, Atairu, Herndon & Dryhurst, Simnett, Woodgate, Shabara, Ridler, Wu & Ramos, Blas, Hui
curated by Daniela Cotimbo, Francesco D’Abbraccio and Andrea Facchetti
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Release: April 29
11×18 cm
Softcover
400 pages
Italian
9788894740158
€ 24
Artificial intelligence is not just a technology; it is a tool of power that reconfigures economies, cultures, and systems of representation. AI & Conflicts 02 explores the so-called “AI summer,” examining the tensions between the technological utopia promoted by big tech and the political, ethical, and aesthetic frictions that arise from it.
On one side, AI acts as an engine of extraction, shaping labor, creativity, and knowledge according to proprietary and opaque logics. On the other, artists and theorists respond with strategies of resistance and re-signification, exploring the possibilities of situated artificial intelligence capable of challenging dominant models.
Through interdisciplinary perspectives, the volume traces a path through colonial datasets, gender biases, and the appropriation of visual culture, questioning the very meaning of authorship and creativity in the era of machine learning. AI is not a neutral oracle: it is a battleground where imaginaries, epistemic categories, and political decisions intersect. This book attempts to observe it from within, offering new critical tools to navigate it.