It's Only an Algorithm: a Neurodivergent Approach to AI

In the fall of 2019 Erika Lincoln started a 15 month research project funded by the Canada Council for the Arts. This project investigates artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) from a neurodivergent perspective. Lincoln will apply N. Katherine Hayles' concept of "cognitive assemblage" in relation to collaborative art making with AI/ML. Some of the questions this research will explore are 1. How would a neurodivergent AI/ML manifest and express itself? 2 How would working with such intelligences inform artmaking? 3. How can neurodivergent AI/ML systems be designed so that not do not fall into the "fix it" medical model of disability? Research paper presentation selected for ISEA 2020 Montreal.