{"id":7893,"date":"2022-01-07T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hugoscurto.com\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=7893"},"modified":"2025-07-02T19:58:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T18:58:54","slug":"prototyping-diffracting-ml","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/hugoscurto.com\/en\/portfolio\/prototyping-diffracting-ml\/","title":{"rendered":"prototyping\/diffracting AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><span style=\"color: #f5fe75;\"><strong>Scurto, Caramiaux, Bevilacqua, 2019\u20142021<br \/>research-action-creation method<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>A diffractive method for machine learning prototyping, to resist normative framings of AI. I propose to craft machine learning, using it as creative material in art and design projects, involving diverse bodies and beings. Reflecting on my experience with this practice in interdisciplinary contexts, I identify five socio-technical conditions that enables to interfere design and engineering in machine learning prototyping: <em>situational whole<\/em>, <em>small data<\/em>, <em>shallow model<\/em>, <em>learnable algorithm<\/em>, and <em>somaesthetic behaviour<\/em>. I suggest that these interferences are vital in reshaping practices and discourses in AI.<\/p>\n<h6><strong><span style=\"color: #f5fe75;\">Year<\/span><\/strong><br \/>2019\u20142021<\/h6>\n<h6><strong><span style=\"color: #f5fe75;\">Credits<\/span><\/strong><br \/>The project was developed with Baptiste Caramiaux and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bevilacqua, in collaboration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/reflectiveinteraction.ensadlab.fr\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reflective Interaction<\/a> group of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ensadlab.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EnsadLab<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/hci.isir.upmc.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HCI Sorbonne<\/a> group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isir.upmc.fr\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISIR<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/ismm.ircam.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISMM<\/a> group of <a href=\"http:\/\/ircam.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IRCAM<\/a>, in the context of a postdoctoral fellowship program at <a href=\"https:\/\/medecine.sorbonne-universite.fr\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Faculty of Medicine<\/a>, Sorbonne Universit\u00e9.<\/h6>\n<h6><strong><span style=\"color: #f5fe75;\">Publications<\/span><\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hugoscurto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/scurto2021prototyping_authorsversion.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper at DIS<\/a> (2021)<\/h6>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-7893-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/hugoscurto.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/210628_dis_presentation.080.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;4650&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;210628_dis_presentation.080&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/hugoscurto.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/diffractive-ml-2.jpeg?fit=1080%2C608\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;6449&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;diffractive-ml-2&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scurto, Caramiaux, Bevilacqua, 2019\u20142021research-action-creation method A diffractive method for machine learning prototyping, to resist normative framings of AI. 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