Completed for IML 560: Embodied Knowledge and the Fantastical. Machine Imperfect weaves together conversations across media studies, science and technology studies, and critical design that challenge dominant imaginaries of technological progress. Rather than treating technological changes as a teleology toward seamlessness—frictionless interfaces, stable infrastructures, and perfect(ed) intelligence—this body of work attends to breakdowns, glitches, and errors as ordinary experiences of sociotechnical life.
