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Laura G. de Rivera in conversation with María del Milagro Lozada

What the algorithm hides

Arequipa 2025, 

We are puppets of the algorithm, although sometimes we don’t realise it. The puppet master is not always artificial intelligence itself, but rather those who pull the strings to predict and mould our behaviour. The science journalist Laura G. de Rivera (Spain) has spent years researching the consequences of this invisible control. In Esclavos del algoritmo she offers a necessary and critical view of the impact of algorithmic systems on our lives. In conversation with María del Milagro Lozada

Laura G. de Rivera in conversation with María del Milagro Lozada