Mariam Khaled is a PhD fellow at at the Department of Digital Design and Information Studies at Aarhus University. Mariam will explore how AI as a socio-technical & cultural phenomenon, has evolved from an abstract metaphor into something that shapes the very fabric of modern society—a shift from the imaginative to the literal.
Rooted in STS and Critical Data Studies, the project aims to rethink how AI is understood and implemented, in order to contribute to ethical and responsible approaches to AI development, influencing both technology and culture.
Questioning the narratives and metaphors we use to describe it, the project investigates what happens when machines are thought of as "thinking", "dreaming" and "hallucinating".
