Paolo Caffoni is a researcher in philosophy, media theory, and artificial intelligence. He is currently affiliated with the AI Forensics group at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design and with the ERC project AIMODELS at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. His research focuses on linguistic labor and the material conditions of translation technologies.
Caffoni studied Literature, Semiotics and Curatorial Studies in Milan. He is a faculty member at the New Academy of Fine Arts Milan and was part of the curatorial team of the 2018 Yinchuan Biennale. From 2009 to 2021, he was editor-at-large at the Berlin-based publishing house Archive Books, where he also co-directed the exhibition and public program at Archive Kabinett. His writing has appeared in AI & Society, MicroMega, Arts of the Working Class, and Civic Sociology, among other publications.
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