The Synthetic Pasts project is a critical-creative inquiry exploring how media fragments from the past - photos or audio recordings for example - are remediated/reanimated through algorithmic intermed...

A step-by-step guide to using the Careful Consequence Check canvas.

The first occasion that led me to think about artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the context of libraries came in early 2017, shortly after AlphaGo had beat the world champion o...

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Join the American Library Association's IRC United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Subcommittee for a dynamic conversation at the intersection of artificial intelligence and the public good. Bui...

In a recent Vox column, Bordo and McCauley argued that foreign central banks no longer drive US external deficits, and that fears voiced by Stephen Miran, Chair of the US Council of Economic Advisers, of a revived Triffin dilemma are misplaced. This column takes a different view: while agreeing that the Triffin logic no longer applies, it argues that the deeper reason lies in the structural evolution of global finance. We no longer live in a world where the reserve status of the dollar hinges on the US current account. That status now depends on the credibility of US institutions, the depth of its markets, and the robustness of the infrastructure that underpins the global dollar system.