activities, from robot design to the domestication of animals, suddenly come into relief when revealed as touched by its logic.” – Sianne Ngai, The Cute [^6]
Caption: FOXACID, TOP SECRET/COMINT/NOFORN
Figure text: TOP SECRET//COMINT//NOFORN…Operation Vula, quote stuffing, hydras, Vortex, “Bayesian flooding” and “unselling” Generalizing FaceCloak; exploit and asymmetry…
Fogging, Flooding, and Surfacing, Amplification, Inhibition, Wiping…
[^1]: Lyotard, Jean Francois. tr. Ian …
Sianne Ngai
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Sianne Ngai is a theorist of affect and aesthetic categories who examines how emotional and design logics structure everyday life and technological systems. Her concept of the "cute" appears in the course readings to frame how systems from robot design to surveillance infrastructure operate through affective appeals and miniaturization rather than overt power. Her work enables analysis of how AI and cybernetic systems don't just compute but cultivate particular modes of feeling and attachment that shape social and material relations.
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