Translation/Transcription: Ahnjili Zhuparris (quantified self, predictive policing, AI pickup artist)

Season 4! BARTALK looks into translation and transcription as creative practices. How does technology affect how humans translate? What are the politics of transcribing social dance as visual scores? What happens when we translate between species? What decisions are made in translation and who makes them? What is lost and gained in these translations? In the first episode of Translation/Transcription, data scientist Ahnjili Zhuparris helps us demystify data science and the process of translating data into useful information. We also talk to her about the quantified self community, predictive policing algorithms, AI pickup artists, ethical AI and more. Hosted by Yun Lee and Rae Parnell Produced by Hans Poel Theme music by Sro - Bring Back and Chad Crouch - Algorithms You can find more of Ahnjili’s projects here, and see her AI art here References: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, Everybody Lies https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/f/everybody-lies/9200000055527745/ Ahnjili Zhuparris, Menstrual Cycles, 50 Cent, and Right Swipes Beijing’s Big Brother Tech needs African Faces https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/24/beijings-big-brother-tech-needs-african-faces/ On the use of artificial intelligence in the Dutch judicial branch https://algorithmwatch.org/en/automating-society-2019/netherlands/ Pablo Celayes - Activists turn facial recognition tools against the police https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/technology/facial-recognition-police.html?smid=tw-share