In the Belly of AI: A Documentary on the Real Price of Automation
In the Belly of AI: A Documentary on the Real Price of Automation
Online Trailer & Workshop, Cambridge, 12 Nov. 2024
Dear all,
I am excited to share with you the trailer of our upcoming documentary
*In the Belly of AI*
<https://www.casilli.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/In-the-Belly-of-AI-trailer-Nov-2024.mp4>,
which examines the human and environmental costs of artificial
intelligence through the stories and experiences of the people who
shape the technologies that affect our daily lives.
Documentary Screenshot
The documentary is directed by *Henri Poulain*, and co-written by
*Julien Goetz* and yours truly. Officially scheduled for release in
2025, it is produced by France Télévisions and set to be distributed
in the UK by the BBC. It has been shortlisted for the Sundance Film
Festival.
Sundance Film Festival
We will preview the documentary on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at
Churchill College, University of Cambridge, as part of a workshop
co-organized with the /Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy/.
The workshop will feature speakers Ana Valdivia (Oxford Internet
Institute) and Adio Dinika (Distributed AI Research Institute), along
with discussants Debangana Bose (Dept. of Geography, Cambridge) and
Alex Wood (Dept. of Sociology, Cambridge). Following the workshop,
there will be an open conversation with author James Muldoon
(University of Essex) about his new book, /Feeding the Machine: The
Hidden Human Labour Powering AI/, co-authored with Mark Graham and
Callum Cant.
Workshop: In the Belly of AI
*Date:* Tuesday, 12 Nov 2024 | *Time:* 14:30 – 17:00 | *Location:*
Sixties Room, Churchill College, Storey’s Way, Cambridge CB3 0DS
Programme:
*14:30 – 14:40* – Welcome: Professor Gina Neff, Executive Director of
Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy
*14:40 – 15:00* – Presentation: Professor Antonio A. Casilli,
Professor of Sociology, Institut Polytechnique de Paris and By-Fellow
Churchill College, University of Cambridge
*15:00 – 15:05* – Excerpt 1: In the Belly of AI
*15:05 – 16:00* – Roundtable: ‘Data Workers’ Inquiry: Community-led
Research into AI Labour Practices’ | Led by: Dr Adio-Adet Dinika
(Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)) | Discussant: Dr Alex Wood
(Sociology, University of Cambridge)
*16:00 – 16:05* – Excerpt 2: In the Belly of AI
*16:05 – 17:00* – Roundtable: ‘AI Supply Chain Capitalism: Rethinking
Algorithmic Harms Through an Environmental Lens’ | Led by: Dr Ana
Valdivia (Oxford Internet Institute and UCL Centre for Capitalism
Studies) | Discussant: Dr Debangana Bose (Geography, University of
Cambridge)
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Open Conversation: In the Belly of AI / Feeding the Machine
*Date:* Tuesday, 12 Nov 2024 | *Time:* 17:30 – 18:30 BST | *Location:*
Sixties Room, Churchill College, Storey’s Way, Cambridge CB3 0DS
Programme:
*17:30* – Welcome
*17:35* – Viewing: Excerpt from In the Belly of AI
*17:40-18:30* – In conversation: Professor Antonio Casilli and Dr.
James Muldoon on In the Belly of AI and Feeding the Machine**
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Antonio A. Casilli
Professor, Telecom Paris | Institut Polytechnique de Paris
By-Fellow, Churchill College | University of Cambridge
My upcoming book: /Waiting for Robots. The Hired Hands of Automation/
<https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo239039613.html>
(University of Chicago Press, 2025)