I feel like no matter what period of time you are in, there is some type of challenge or suspicion that you have to face before you arrive at your destination. In 1960s, when the computer just emerged as an innovative tool for unknown possibilities, there were people who were trying to make it a new medium for art and design. Ever since the prevalent use adaptation of AI drawing last year, the conversation about whether a machine has creativity and whether Art has a purpose if it is not created by humans. I can't imagine how much pressure and how many arguments they would bear just to let different industry standards undergo and adopt this newly developed innovation. Especially considering that the artists that were listed in this article are mainly women who were not yet accepted in the normal computer sector field at that time. This article granted me an insight that I do not often look into: the people who worked namelessly behind the scenes.
It is an interesting phenomenon how the layout of the GUIs corresponds to the racial color structure in Silicon Valley. White as an impartial designing technique can result from the excessive percentage of white dominant teams of workers within the Silicon Valley industries. This article talks about how Silicon Valley was established including its early financial support from the National defense sector of the federal government after WWII, and how Stanford graduates used this opportunity to create a place for innovation without the restriction oppressed by capital. The author used Apple Lisa to expand the topic of GUI and how it is "an abstracted representation of a person's relationship to a machine. " The system of power and inequality can perpetuate to the foundamental design approach of a GUI, and the potential bias regarding race and gender underlying the surface might raise a complex relationship between technology and society.
it the being After reading this article, the author made me want to expand on this topic about how people were treating a new emerging technology that will dominate the world in the next 30 years. It is like learning a new language without a textbook or tutor. How did internet become what we see today? Growing up in a Chinese social media culture, I have seen how community's "spirit" gradually changed. The Internet has its memory, and I remember seeing blog posts from a retro-style (which is not, because it actually is ancient) website and amazed by how internet made possible for people to see what daily messages people were talking about fifteen years ago. And it always makes me wonder how they are doing now.
I think the power relationship between surveillance and longing to be exposed is very interestedly put it in this article. On one hand, technologies are gathering informations about us everyday without our noticing, and on the other hand, the power of who is able to present in society is a implication of wealth and class. I think McCarthy's argument or struggle is a reflection on our everyday life, for which our privacy is expressed instead of ourself and ideology.
I learned a lot of terms to describe the power difference in media from IML 201. Besides all the potential threats digital piracy might bring to the internet, I truly believe that it also serves as a tool or weapon to expose a marginal ideology to the mainstream media, providing an opportunity for the broader audience who is not familiar with the topic to infuse their own culture context to modify the intended meaning of the topic. It exposes an ideology from a group of people with a simpler interpretation, and because of this, it allows the younger community on the internet to be able to participate in some of the discussions. Because I lived in Chinese social media for a very long time, I understand the importance of digital piracy and the meme culture that was founded by it. The meme culture in China has grew into a separate system that is so much different from the ones in the US. There are memes that talk about politics and use different ways to surpass the regulation systems and maintain the integrity of an ideology, I think meme has become another language that is used on the internet.
in Though the topic the speaker is talking about is abstract, as an Asian, I can sometimes feel the "coded gaze" in some of the algorithms. For example, the face-track emoji in my iPhone never worked properly, there is always a weird response at the eye of the emoji. This might be the result of a lack of representation among the Asian community when Apple was developing the algorithm. The speaker also explains the encouraging aspect which an opportunity exists to develop comprehensive training datasets that capture a more diverse representation of humanity. She goes on to emphasize that algorithmic bias can result in discriminatory behaviors. The encoding movement is characterized by three fundamental principles: the significance of code, the manner in which we code, and the underlying purpose behind our coding efforts. Moreover, encoding brings about changes such as recognizing bias, curating inclusive training datasets, and fostering conscientious development.
This website looks really wild, the author brings me a sense of cordiality when I am scanning through it. I think the concept of rationality vs aesthetic that Oliver discussed in this article is quite interesting. Our course can be an excellent example of this topic, which matters more? The objective layout of the website, conpositing with rigorous structures or the aesthetic of the website, achieving the beauty within the window? Because I personally is not a good coder, I think I sometimes adapt to the idea of using violent codes, I will ignores the structures and begin my coding experience from the output result. I definitely agree with that when you are coding, you should be aware of other aspect beside the project itself.
How to infuse an ideology through the design of the product in a capitalistic society? This is an ineteresting while important concept to talk about. There are so many products with a certain element of design that was supposed to enforce an idea no matter if it is about sustainability or political justice. However, its capital value often undermine or covers its true intention, in another word, these designing elements often becomes a tool for earning capitals. In this case, no matter what the designer's intend meaning is, the result of the impact is irrelevant.
I really appreciate the ideas Christine Sun Kim presented in "The enchanting music of sign language" TED Talk. I think her intention here pretty much allign with what MAP's ideology, which is let those who does not have the power of seeing or revealing to be able to receive the information and express their perspective. Using different media to achieve this goal is why we are learning so many different objective of medias. I have seen interviews regarding people who cannot see to use a smartphone, how the companies fail to design the function that is applicable to marginal group. And I think this topic can be extended to so many other aspects