Believing in Bits
Natale, Simone / Pasulka, Diana
As technologies that work by computing numbers, digital media apparently epitomize what is considered scientific and rational. Yet people experience the effects of digital devices and algorithms in their everyday lives also through the lenses of magic and the supernatural. Algorithms, for instance, are discussed for their capacity to "read minds" and predict the future, Artificial Intelligence is seen as an opportunity to overcome death and ac...
