{tap/check/scroll} [F****d] Digital Labour - Avoiding Algorithmic Death one, 2024

"[F****d] Digital Labour - Avoiding Algorithmic Death One" by Cibelle Cavalli Bastos examines how platform capitalism intensifies algorithmic behaviour, leading to emotional extractivism and cycles of unpaid labour driven by the fear of losing social connections and job opportunities. From a non-binary feminist perspective, Bastos critiques the social and emotional toll of 'techno-capital-feudalism,' where engagement algorithms foster oppression by inducing exhaustion and fear, resulting in reactive 'algorithmic behaviors' that perpetuate biased social conditioning. These behaviours contribute to violence and societal decay, manifesting in the rise of the far right, overconsumption, resource over-extraction, and climate collapse, all for the profit of a select few. The piece underscores the exacerbation of mental health crises and labour inequalities, advocating for conscious digital engagement, protective legislation, decentralized social media platforms, and fair compensation for unpaid and emotionally coerced "social media labour," particularly in the involuntary training of large language models.
As part of the Sound Obsessed exhibition at SONAR+D 2024, this installation utilizes data sonification to create immersive soundscapes from SDG statistics. The piece, crafted with AI tools and Noah Pred’s data sonification tools on Ableton 11, features samples from Cibelle’s text on algorithmic behaviour, transformed into an orchestral overture on Udio. Stems were extracted using Moises AI and Fadr, with the final arrangement mastered on LANDR, an AI mastering platform.