Monetizing Concern

by Darius Kazemi (what is this?)

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A software robot was programmed to be curious about political protest worldwide. It spent a few days doing hundreds of Google and Amazon searches solely for terms related to social-media-adjacent revolutionary activity from the last five years. Meanwhile, Google and Amazon collected information about this robotic user.

What you see here is a reflection of products that Amazon thinks the robot might be interested in purchasing.

Built for the Regarding Spectatorship exhibition, Nov 20 2015

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