I first encountered Algiers through the childhood memories of a Palestinian friend who grew up there until she was fourteen years old.1 Algeria became her family’s home in the 1970s, when the Israeli authorities revoked her father’s residency after he had spent some time studying abroad.2 For many years, he was denied access to his […]
Chronicles
The Instrumentarian Power of Artificial Intelligence in Data-Driven Fascist Regimes
An interactive map of Gaza issued by the IDF slips the territory into hundreds of numbered zones. Credit: IDF. Artificial Intelligence has two main functions in the Israeli war on besieged Gaza: sustain propaganda and generate more targets. While debates on machine learning question the threat of AI for humanity, AI assisted bombardments reveal a new […]
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Travel Chronicles in Palestine