Looking through the archive of an arts magazine I discovered how Ballard was trying out an early form of computer-generated poetry.
- Professor of Sociology, University of York
Thanks to algorithms, our music choices have gone from being informed by radio, music press, magazines and TV shows to a fine-grained level of personalisation.
Many of the pioneers who began developing artificial neural networks weren’t sure how they actually worked - and we’re no more certain today.
Streaming platforms have introduced to thousands of hyper-specific categories and genres that shape our tastes.
In some cases, people would hold back from sharing a memory in case it didn’t receive enough likes.
Noise around extreme practices drowns out how data analytics is being used in everyday ways. To really consider control of our data we must look beyond Cambridge Analytica.
We need to look beyond the music industry to understand the rise of the comeback.
Social media has speeded up our lives, and although video micro-blog service Vine may close, life isn’t going to get any slower.
Social media is creating an archive that will shape the way we see our past.
Football games are now watched through a haze of statistics, generated by betting, fantasy football and video games.
In early September 1994, Whigfield released her single Saturday Night. It appeared from nowhere and echoed everywhere. As songs go it seemed quite innocuous. But its catchy wafer-thin sound actually represented…
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