Harsh KediainDesign for Service — Team 5885Regent Square: Edith’s StoryBelow are a set of bullet points about the (fictional) life of Edith Smith-Green, one of Regent Square’s oldest living residents.Apr 25, 2019Apr 25, 2019
Harsh KediainDesign for Service — Team 5885Regent Square: A Photo EssayWe visited Regent Square on a sunny Sunday evening and found the neighborhood rather fascinating, from the beautiful pebble streets to the…Apr 16, 2019Apr 16, 2019
Harsh KediaFUTURAMASince this week will be about corporate dreams of civic futures, I wanted to look back a little bit and understand what these dreams used…Nov 11, 2018Nov 11, 2018
Harsh KediainSignals from AI & Culture | Buildings & Cities“High-Tech Sustainable City”?SignalOct 27, 2018Oct 27, 2018
Harsh KediaAmbiguities in Information ProcessingDespite “the posthuman privileging the informational pattern over material instantiation” — here are some examples of how information…Oct 2, 2018Oct 2, 2018
Harsh KediaAre We Human?After watching Her and Ex-Machina, all I can think of is that both these movies, and most of the culture surrounding AI, is that it’s not…Sep 17, 2018Sep 17, 2018
Harsh KediaCyborg-space?The postmodern world we live in is not new, with its asynchronous complexities and contradictions, its ironic detachment to most sentiments…Sep 15, 2018Sep 15, 2018
Harsh KediaWhy robots are more like domesticated animals than they are like humansKare Capek in his play R.U.R coins the term (or rather his brother does) “robota”, which in Czech connotes forced labor, done by human…Sep 4, 2018Sep 4, 2018