Heteromation, and Other Stories of Computing and Capitalism

By Hamid R. Ekbia, Bonnie A. Nardi

An exploration of a new division of labor between machines and humans, in which people provide value to the economy with little or no compensation.The computerization of the economy—and everyday li...

Big Data Is Not a Monolith

By Hamid R. Ekbia, Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Michael Mattioli

Perspectives on the varied challenges posed by big data for health, science, law, commerce, and politics.Big data is ubiquitous but heterogeneous. Big data can be used to tally clicks and traffic o...

Big Data Is Not a Monolith

By Hamid R. Ekbia, Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Cristina Alaimo, Michael Mattioli, Ryan Abbott

Big Data Is Not a Monolith

By Hamid R. Ekbia, Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Cristina Alaimo, Michael Mattioli, Ryan Abbott

Heteromation and Other Stories of Computing and Capitalism

By Hamid R. Ekbia, Victor Kaptelinin, Bonnie A. Nardi, Kirsten A. Foot

Heteromation, and Other Stories of Computing and Capitalism

By Hamid R. Ekbia, Bonnie A. Nardi

An exploration of a new division of labor between machines and humans, in which people provide value to the economy with little or no compensation.The computerization of the economy—and everyday li...

Heteromation and Other Stories of Computing and Capitalism

By Hamid R. Ekbia, Bonnie A. Nardi

Big Data Is Not a Monolith

By Hamid R. Ekbia, Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Michael Mattioli

Universal Access and Its Asymmetries

By Hamid R. Ekbia, Harmeet Sawhney

A framework for understanding the totality of costs and benefits of universal access that will foster honest appraisal and guide the development of good policies.Universal access—the idea that cert...

Artificial Dreams

By Hamid R. Ekbia

This book is a critique of Artificial Intelligence (AI) from the perspective of cognitive science--it seeks to examine what we have learned about human cognition from AI successes and failures. The...