Byron Rich ART Habens
( in Collaboration with Bobby Gryzynger )
disappointed if it didn ’ t target them . I think the playful nature of it says much about the disconnect between physicality and immateriality that you mentioned . It brings video game sensibilities into the physical world , allowing people to play with it before realizing how terrifying it actually is that an autonomous system is , to a degree , making judgment calls on their lives . I think the play vs . terror duality is the strength of the piece .
Also important to us was the idea that there always needs to be a designer of any kind of ethical algorithm , and that the programming is highly subjective . The fact that the device targets people seemingly autonomously doesn ’ t , in my opinion , relinquish the designer from responsibility , however my perception is that a lack of techno and media criticality manifests as a release from responsibility of action from the designer onto the machine .
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