Evan Selinger is a professor of philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Evan Selinger
Articles
What Can Enlightened Coders Really Do?
Evan Selinger reads Darryl Campbell’s “Fatal Abstraction: Why the Managerial Class Loses Control of Software” with the realities his students face in mind.
Can “Tech Criticism” Tame Silicon Valley?
Evan Selinger lauds Gary Marcus’s new book for its clarity on how to stop the madness and greed around generative AI. He questions the power of “tech criticism” to translate into actual reform, however.
Keeping Humans in the Loop: On Hilke Schellmann’s “The Algorithm”
Evan Selinger reviews Hilke Schellmann’s “The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired and Why We Need to Fight Back Now.”
It’s Not What You Think: On Orit Halpern and Robert Mitchell’s “The Smartness Mandate”
Evan Selinger reviews Orit Halpern and Robert Mitchell’s “The Smartness Mandate” and finds it “vertigo-inducing.”
Whose Body Is in the Analog World?: On David Sax’s “The Future Is Analog”
Philosopher Evan Selinger eviscerates David Sax’s unabashedly privileged views in “The Future Is Analog: How to Create a More Human World.”
Are You Living Your Best Multiverse Life?: An Interview with Jonathan Carroll
Evan Selinger talks with Jonathan Carroll about how to choose your best multiverse life in his new novel “Mr. Breakfast.”
Metaverse Myopia
Evan Selinger has reservations about the metaverse.
Surveillance Gone Viral
Evan Selinger lauds David Lyon’s “Pandemic Surveillance” while quibbling with its lack of grounded analysis.
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