FABIO GNASSI_STEFANO MAFFULLI_THE BUNKER MAGAZINE_00

THE ETHICS OF SOFTWARE IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

The growing concerns surrounding the use of centralised and proprietary artificial intelligence find a possible solution in the open source universe — a horizon of hope for building more transparent, ethical, and community-driven tools. But what lies behind the expression “open source artificial intelligence models”, and who are the actors responsible for regulating and governing the growth of these innovative tools?

FABIO GNASSI_MARCO CANINI_THE BUNKER_00

Scalability and Power: The Boundaries of Deep Learning

As is now well known, the recent rise of artificial intelligence stems from the convergence of two key factors: the vast amounts of data generated by contemporary digital life—readily available online—and the ongoing advancement of computational power.
While the accumulation of data is an intuitive phenomenon, rooted in our daily experience, the evolution of computing capabilities follows more complex and less tangible dynamics. Yet these are crucial to fully understanding the nature and limitations of AI.

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How to Queerly Hijack a Video Game

LGBTQIA+ communities have historically been underrepresented in the video game industry, which still bears the legacy of that decade—from the late 1980s to the late 1990s—when the medium and the very identity of the gamer were marketed by the mainstream industry as exclusive to young, cisgender, heterosexual men (and in the West, white men). Yet LGBTQIA+ individuals have always played video games. And ever since they’ve had the opportunity, they’ve also modified, created, and reimagined them—giving rise to a vibrant scene of queer video game détournements that reinterpret commercial works or unveil their inherent queerness.