David Beer is a Professor of Sociology at the University of York. His work mainly explores how transformations in technology and media reshape culture and society. The focus of that work is often on questions of power. He also writes on the history and future of social thought, with an interest in imagination, creativity and inspiration. David's book's include The Tensions of Algorithmic Thinking, The Data Gaze and Metric Power. Email: david.beer [at] york.ac.uk
Website: https://davidbeer.net
by David Beer Could there be anything more insulting for a writer than someone assuming that their writing is an output of generative artificial intelligence? The mere possibility of being confused for a neural network is enough to make any creative shudder. When it happens, and it will happen, it will inevitably sting. By implication,…
by David Beer Danish author Solvej Balle’s novel On the Calculation of Volume, the first book translated from a series of five, could be thought of as time loop realism, if such a thing is imaginable. Tara Selter is trapped, alone, in a looping 18th of November. Each morning simply brings yesterday again. Tara turns…