Posts By: August Kaasa Sundgaard

OUT NOW! TOD56 | Nguyen Thi Thanh Tra: Chronicles of the Cyber Village: Colonialism and Advertising in the Age of AI

By August Kaasa Sundgaard, February 5, 2025

Chronicles of the Cyber Village: Colonialism and Advertising in the Age of AI By Nguyen Thi Thanh Tra How has artificial intelligence transformed the advertising landscape, and what ethical implications arise from AI-driven personalization and data mining? Who truly benefits from these new AI-controlled advertising ecosystems, and who is left vulnerable or exploited? This book [...]

In Defense of Algorithmic Bias: The Palestinian Struggle and the Deception of “Neutral” Tech

By August Kaasa Sundgaard, September 30, 2024

I found myself staring at a computer screen, my face blurred and tracked by a green rectangle that followed me everywhere I moved. Behind the screen, a pre-recorded video showed similar rectangles over other people’s faces, next to the bold caption: “SHOCKING FOOTAGE OF A 25-YEAR-OLD BEING KIDNAPPED FROM A MUSIC FESTIVAL IN ISRAEL.” This [...]

Bro is Making Me Rethink My Childhood😱 | Talking Heads, Time Travelers & Hauntology

By August Kaasa Sundgaard, September 12, 2024

 For the past couple of years, a certain type of animation has haunted me. It’s an AI-manipulated image that brings its human subjects to life by simulating speech, lip movements, and facial expressions. In these ‘talking head animations’ or ‘digital puppets,’ the background remains static while only the subject’s face moves or changes. The [...]