Material hermeneutic of digital technologies in the age of AI

Wellner, Galit

doi:10.1007/s00146-020-00952-w

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“…'Materials' or the concept of 'materiality' addresses the entanglement of the physicality of technologies and human activities and relationships (Orlikowski and Scott 2008). Also, digital technologies have a certain materiality (Poulsgaard and Malafouris 2020;Wellner 2020). Responsive digital materials consist of physical devices and digital codes.…”

Section: Built-in Selectivities and Responsive Digital Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Algorithms are designed to automatically process the collected input and shorten the modeling process necessary to create understandable images. In this way, algorithms function as mediators between users of visible images created and objects that are not visible to the human eye (see also Wellner 2020). Users of GPR and LST interpret these images of traces made visible by algorithms to gather information about the project site.…”

Section: Built-in Selectivities and Responsive Digital Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Technological mediation and 3D visualizations in construction engineering practice

Voordijk

Scholtenhuis

2022

AI & Soc

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The generation and use of 3D images and visualizations through remote sensing, Building Information Modeling, and Augmented Reality technologies, have come to play a significant role in construction engineering practice. Although these technologies are promising, their potential can be misjudged when potential end-users are unaware of key assumptions that were made by developers. Realistic expectations require insights into the ways in which these technologies transform input collected into 3D visualizations and how these visualizations are possibly used on construction sites. This study’s objective is hence to explore the form of technological mediation that the generation and use of 3D images and visualizations provide between a human and objects, or aspects of these objects, that would otherwise be largely imperceptible to professionals in construction practice. We show that algorithms pre- and post-process data through their technological selectivities, which function as mediators. Double mediations of augmented and engaged relationships play a dominant role in the use of 3D images and visualizations and enhance the situational awareness of professionals in construction practice. This is the first study that applies this perspective to increase the understanding of the mediating role of 3D images and visualizations in construction practice.

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Section: Built-in Selectivities and Responsive Digital Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Built-in Selectivities and Responsive Digital Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Technological mediation and 3D visualizations in construction engineering practice

Voordijk

Scholtenhuis

2022

AI & Soc

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“…Furthermore, from the strong embodiment thesis, it follows that APC requires the creation of an artificial sentient body (or artificial flesh), i.e., an artificial body that is not merely functional but also sentient. 8 However, is it possible to create an artificial flesh? Answering to this question requires addressing the metaphysical issue about the place of consciousness in the order of reality.…”

Section: Consciousness Studies and Artificial Consciousnessmentioning

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“…It is not just a matter of maverick keeping on or giving something up. Juana was concerned with the ontologically subversive endeavor of opening up knowledge boundaries to utopian horizons of new configurations 8 . Because it involves such a utopian function, Juana's resistance can be considered a true example of hope resistance.…”

Section: The Case Of Sor Juana Inez De La Cruzmentioning

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“…Computação, automação, logística e geoengenharia operam em conjunto, na forma de um serviço de armazenamento e gerenciamento do combustível nuclear usado, que passa a ser movimentado para dentro e para fora do território nacional. Embora não entre em detalhes, o projeto parece explorar duas importantes precondições subjacentes a esta situação hipotética: o desenvolvimento de uma rede transcontinental para o transporte e gerenciamento logístico dos resíduos nucleares; e a reestruturação da mão-de-obra conduzida em condições de trabalho perigosas, que passa a ser desempenhada por agentes não-humanos, computacionais 8 .…”

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