Julian Posada
Biography:
Dr. JULIAN POSADA is a Postdoctoral Associate and incoming Assistant Professor of American Studies at Yale University (starting in July 2023). His research integrates theories and methods from information studies, sociology, and human–computer interaction to study technology and society.
He is currently exploring how the artificial intelligence industry perpetuates coloniality by focusing on the relationship between human labour and data production. This research focuses on the experiences of outsourced workers in Latin America employed by digital platforms to produce machine learning data and verify algorithmic outputs.
Posada’s research has been published in several influential journals, including Information, Communication & Society, the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, and in book chapters published by Oxford University Press and SAGE.
Posada received his Ph.D. in Information from the University of Toronto where he was a fellow at Massey College, the Centre for Ethics, and the Schwartz Reisman Institute.
Source: https://gerstein.library.utoronto.ca/datadetox
Activities:
- Walter Gordon Symposium — AI, Public Policy and Accountability
- Walter Gordon Symposium — Canada 2050: Visions of the Future