The Sociology behind AI and Surveillance Capitalism
"In this episode, I sit down with Talya Jesperson, Sociology Master's Student at the University of Victoria, and we discuss human AI relationships and the implications of its influence on human life. In this episode, we ask ourselves the questions, How do people engage with and experience AI technologies? How is surveillance capitalism embedded in human interactions and relationships with conversation agents?
To what degree do corporate interests shape how people interact with and form relationships with these technologies?
Talya Jesperson is an MA student in Sociology concentrating in Cultural, Social, and Political Thought (CSPT) at the University of Victoria. She holds a BA Honours in Sociology with a minor in Technology and Society from the University of Victoria. Her research interests are the democratization of digital media and digital technologies, knowledge commons, internet decentralization, digital platforms, surveillance capitalism, and techno-social relationships.
As AI becomes more prevalent in daily life, Talya's qualitative research project aims to examine human relationships with popular AI technologies in the context of AI capitalism. Using conversation agents as the focal point, this study will demonstrate how AI is reshaping techno-social life and explore the potential for AI as a tool for capitalist exploitation.
For more information about Talya and her work, visit https://talya.is/ or find her on twitter @tortalynii (https://twitter.com/tortalynii)
The music featured in this episode includes Tomorrow by Space Monkey Death Sequence, and Camelia byUV protection.
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As AI becomes more prevalent in daily life, Talya's qualitative research project aims to examine human relationships with popular AI technologies in the context of AI capitalism. Using conversation agents as the focal point, this study will demonstrate how AI is reshaping techno-social life and explore the potential for AI as a tool for capitalist exploitation.
For more information about Talya and her work, visit https://talya.is/ or find her on twitter @tortalynii (https://twitter.com/tortalynii)
The music featured in this episode includes Tomorrow by Space Monkey Death Sequence, and Camelia byUV protection.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode
