Ramon Amaro's guest appearances

Ramon Amaro

HKW Podcast

Sonic Acts Podcast

AI Agents

Marcus du Sautoy

Jodi Dean

Saqib Shaikh

Helen Pritchard

Maeve Brennan

Daniel Mann

Sam Leach

DAVID OLNEY

Elizabeth A. Povinelli

Gregory Sholette

Rosi Braidotti

Filipa César

Jon McCormack

Lev Manovich

Ellen Broad

OwlTail

When AI is only worth as much as the algorithms and data it is based upon, what cultural impacts and criticisms are not afforded to what can be deemed objective data? Though we have looked at AI through the disciplines of philosophy, engineering, and art, the humanities have a lot more to do with this field as we increasingly realise the cultural potential (and indeed impact) of machine learning. Ramon Amaro is perfectly situated to identify issues with AI practice now, as a Lecturer in Visual Cultures at University College London. Ramon holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy at Goldsmiths, a Masters's degree in Sociological Research from the University of Essex, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. With broad expertise, Agent Ramon Amaro joins the art intelligence agency to explore ideas of Afrofuturism, problematisation of AI, and ideas of perception in machines and visual cultures. If you enjoyed this episode, you can find more of Ramon's work and purchase his book The Black Technical Object. This Podcast was Produced by Tim Whiffen of Whimsy Productions in Association with the Art Intelligence Agency, the Australian Institute for Machine Learning, and the Sia Furler Institute of the University of Adelaide. Support the show: https://arts.adelaide.edu.au/music/sia-furler-institute/engagement#See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When AI is only worth as much as the algorithms and data it is based upon, what cultural impacts and criticisms are not afforded to what can be deemed objective data? Though we have looked at AI through the disciplines of philosophy, engineering, and art, the humanities have a lot more to do with this field as we increasingly realise the cultural potential (and indeed impact) of machine learning. Ramon Amaro is perfectly situated to identify issues with AI practice now, as a Lecturer in Visual Cultures at University College London. Ramon holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy at Goldsmiths, a Masters's degree in Sociological Research from the University of Essex, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. With broad expertise, Agent Ramon Amaro joins the art intelligence agency to explore ideas of Afrofuturism, problematisation of AI, and ideas of perception in machines and visual cultures. If you enjoyed this episode, you can find more of <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/art-history/dr-ramon-amaro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ramon's work</a> and purchase his book <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/black-technical-object" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Black Technical Object</a>. This Podcast was Produced by Tim Whiffen of <a href="http://whimsyproductions.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Whimsy Productions</a> in Association with the Art Intelligence Agency, the <a href="https://www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Australian Institute for Machine Learning</a>, and the <a href="https://arts.adelaide.edu.au/music/sia-furler-institute/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sia Furler Institute</a> of the <a href="https://www.adelaide.edu.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of Adelaide</a>. <a href="https://arts.adelaide.edu.au/music/sia-furler-institute/engagement#" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show: https://arts.adelaide.edu.au/music/sia-furler-institute/engagement#</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Ep 16: Agent Ramon Amaro - Can Machines Perceive in Totality?

SONIC ACTS FESTIVAL 2019 – HEREAFTERRamon Amaro – AI as an Act of Thought23 February – De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsWith an introduction by Juha van 't Zelfde.Artificial intelligence (AI) research has risen exponentially in the last decade. One of the stated goals of AI is a better understanding of the world around us. As such, an increasingly large proportion of human reality is now lived through algorithms. While our relationship with AI is undoubtedly important as a mode of knowledge production, it has far-reaching implications. Most significant is the disparity between the act of existing/existence – particularly as it relates to differential human states of being (race, gender, sexuality, etc.) – and predominant paradigms of epistemological operation. In this talk, Ramon Amaro discusses the domain of AI as an arrangement of axiomatic simplicity that, in its present form, diminishes the variant domains of psychological and physical reality. He argues for a return to the problematics of perception, as illustrated in debates between figuration and Black abstract art, to challenge the notion of an a priori analytics. Ultimately, he proposes a reorientation of the algorithmic as an ontological imperative that establishes the genesis of the human differential as an act of thought in itself.Ramon Amaro is Lecturer in the Department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, as well as in the Centre for Research Architecture where he teaches the MA special subject Conflicts &amp; Negotiations and the BA courses Fact of Blackness and Space and Time. Previously, he was a Research Fellow in Digital Culture at Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam and a visiting tutor in Media Theory at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague. Ramon completed his PhD in Philosophy at Goldsmiths, while holding a master’s degree in Sociological Research from the University of Essex and a BSe in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has worked as Assistant Editor for the SAGE open access journal Big Data &amp; Society, quality design engineer for General Motors and programmes manager for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). His research interests include machine learning, design and engineering, black ontology and philosophies of being.

SONIC ACTS FESTIVAL 2019 – HEREAFTER Ramon Amaro – AI as an Act of Thought 23 February – De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands With an introduction by Juha van 't Zelfde. Artificial intelligence (AI) research has risen exponentially in the last decade. One of the stated goals of AI is a better understanding of the world around us. As such, an increasingly large proportion of human reality is now lived through algorithms. While our relationship with AI is undoubtedly important as a mode of knowledge production, it has far-reaching implications. Most significant is the disparity between the act of existing/existence – particularly as it relates to differential human states of being (race, gender, sexuality, etc.) – and predominant paradigms of epistemological operation. In this talk, Ramon Amaro discusses the domain of AI as an arrangement of axiomatic simplicity that, in its present form, diminishes the variant domains of psychological and physical reality. He argues for a return to the problematics of perception, as illustrated in debates between figuration and Black abstract art, to challenge the notion of an a priori analytics. Ultimately, he proposes a reorientation of the algorithmic as an ontological imperative that establishes the genesis of the human differential as an act of thought in itself. Ramon Amaro is Lecturer in the Department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, as well as in the Centre for Research Architecture where he teaches the MA special subject Conflicts &amp; Negotiations and the BA courses Fact of Blackness and Space and Time. Previously, he was a Research Fellow in Digital Culture at Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam and a visiting tutor in Media Theory at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague. Ramon completed his PhD in Philosophy at Goldsmiths, while holding a master’s degree in Sociological Research from the University of Essex and a BSe in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has worked as Assistant Editor for the SAGE open access journal Big Data &amp; Society, quality design engineer for General Motors and programmes manager for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). His research interests include machine learning, design and engineering, black ontology and philosophies of being.

Sonic Acts 2019: Ramon Amaro – AI as an Act of Thought