Summary
David Berry is Otto Mønsted Visiting Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Professor of Digital Humanities with 13 years of experience interrogating how computation, software and algorithms reconfigure knowledge, institutions and power. He blends digital humanities, critical theory, philosophy of technology and software studies to critique and historicize AI and machine learning—most recently investigating the rediscovered MAD/SLIP source code for Weizenbaum’s ELIZA and the enduring “ELIZA effect.” His work focuses on explainability as an immanent tool for critique, exploring how claims of augmentation, automation and informating are legitimated across arts, humanities and social sciences. Based in the Greater Brighton area, he combines rigorous archival research with theoretical practice to make contemporary AI debates intelligible and politically accountable.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
DPhil, DPhil at University of Sussex