Rubrique Technologie / Tech Section
By Nick Montfort, professor of digital media in MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing, and Patsy Baudoin
Printed Matter · 2026
This work is based on a text generator that produces French and English news items that imagine some of the ways technology will impact us in the near future. Most of the generated news involves people getting struck by autonomous vehicles or even aircraft. Others describe labor disputes, hostile takeover attempts, inventions, and the termination of online services. What is imagined in "RT/TS" is not apocalyptic or discontinuous but actually features many of the same problems we face today; the methods of producing the texts are today's as well.
From Summer 2026 recommended reading from MIT (MIT News). Cover image via Google Books.
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