Noah Levenson Explained

Noah Levenson (born 1981) is an American computer programmer and the creator of Stealing Ur Feelings, an interactive project that won Mozilla's $50,000 prize for art and advocacy exploring artificial intelligence.[1] Stealing Ur Feelings won the 2020 Webby Award in the category of Immersive And Mixed Reality.[2]

Career

In 2017, Levenson created Weird Box, an interactive project about social media privacy that was featured in Fast Company[3] and SFist.[4]

In 2018, he created Stealing Ur Feelings, a web-based augmented reality experience that was awarded Mozilla's $50,000 prize for art and advocacy exploring artificial intelligence. The project explores the dangers of facial emotion recognition AI in consumer applications.[5] It was executive produced by Brett Gaylor, director of Do Not Track.

Stealing Ur Feelings premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival[6] and was an official selection of the Camden International Film Festival[7] and Montreal International Documentary Festival.[8]

Levenson's work has been the subject of articles in Scientific American,[9] Engadget,[10] and El Pais.[11] He has been interviewed about artificial intelligence and corporate practices for Report on Rai3[12] and CBC Radio One.[13]

He has written about the internet and meme culture for the NY Daily News.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Keeping AI Accountable with Science Fiction, Documentaries, and Doodles (Plus $225,000). Gaylor. Brett. The Mozilla Blog. en-US. 2020-01-12.
  2. Web site: People's Voice Winner. Webby Awards. en-US. 2020-05-21.
  3. Web site: Your Instagram Photos Star In This Funny (And Creepy) Short Film. Berkowitz. Joe. 2017-06-23. Fast Company. en-US. 2020-01-12.
  4. Web site: Strangely Fascinating Website Makes Your Instagram Account The Star Of Odd Video: SFist. 2017-06-29. SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports. en. 2020-01-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20200112155440/https://sfist.com/2017/06/29/strangely_fascinating_website_makes/. 2020-01-12. dead.
  5. Web site: Stealing Ur Feelings. MIT - Docubase. en-US. 2020-01-12.
  6. Web site: More than Meets the Eye: Announcing the Tribeca Immersive Lineup at Tribeca 2019. Tribeca. 2020-01-12.
  7. Web site: CIFF 2019. ciff19.eventive.org. 2020-01-12.
  8. Web site: Stealing Ur Feelings. RIDM. en. 2020-01-12.
  9. Web site: This Video Watches You Back. Bushwick. Sophie. Scientific American. en. 2020-01-12.
  10. Web site: An AR film explores the worst tech companies could do with your face. Engadget. en. 2020-01-12.
  11. News: Activa tu cámara si quieres ser protagonista de este documental interactivo. Martínez. Héctor Llanos. 2020-01-15. El País. 2020-01-16. es. 1134-6582.
  12. Web site: App-arenze - Report. Rai Report. it. 2020-01-12.
  13. News: Stealing Ur Feelings. November 15, 2019. Let's Go with Sabrina Marandola.
  14. Web site: Is this the meme singularity? What the Kanye West-Donald Trump Oval Office meet says about us all. Levenson. Noah. nydailynews.com. 2020-01-12.

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