Don’t Call AI “Magic”

Artificial intelligence is being increasingly used across multiple sectors and people often refer to its function as “magic.” In this blogpost, D&S researcher Madeleine Clare Elish points out how...

Beyond the Rhetoric of Algorithmic Solutionism

D&S founder and president sings praise for Virginia Eubank’s new book Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor. “This book should be mandatory for anyone...

The Network Uber Drivers Built

In the gig-economy, management by algorithms means employment relationships grow more remote and distributed across the network. Alex Rosenblat explains how workers navigate this by creating their own forums....