MSc Thesis Explorations (2022 - 2023)
Welcome to The Project.
This is where I wrote text pieces about machine learning, intelligence, understanding and ethical questions in their broadest form as part of my Master’s thesis for the MSc Media Technology. It has been a combination of literature review and my own unqualified opinion blended together in the form of a blog. The information is undoubtedly outdated by now, so read it in the context in which it was made. Enjoy!
7. To bias or not to bias
A while ago we discussed the idea of eliminating that which makes black boxes opaque. There we found out that the whole premise of …
6. Concrete Case Study: The Toeslagenaffaire
This piece aims to dive deeper into an example of the usage of machine learning and the perceived …
5. Let’s talk about God
When I was an undergraduate student of Mathematics, I once attended a lunch lecture by a Christian man talking about Christianity. If I remember correctly, it was entitled …
4. Die Frage
Why does it make me so uncomfortable to be in my dad’s car? Don’t worry, this does not consider my relationship with my father. Granted, when my dad tells me to keep the wheel …
3. Putting robots in boxes
If you have not read anything by Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, I would highly recommend it. Ishiguro is a present day Japanese writer, known for novels like Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day. His newest work …
2. But why, Mr. Robot?
Alright, let me be honest. When I said at the end of the previous piece that this is where the interesting stuff would start, I did not quite have the idea of a piece like this in mind. Not that I find this …
1. On Machine Learning
Let’s talk about Machine Learning.
It is worth noting here that I should not be …
0. Thank You
Often it is only at the end of a process that we portray or even experience our gratefulness towards the people that have helped us along the way. Too often, maybe. So, as you are reading this now, I would like …
This project is part of my graduation for the MSc Media Technology at the University of Leiden / Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. If you’d like to check out more of my work from there, have a look at my portfolio from the first year of the Master’s programme.