Domesticating artificial intelligence: Expanding human self-expression through applications of artificial intelligence in prosumption

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 169-183

  Fox, Stephen ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

artificial intelligence; Do It Yourself; luxury; mass imagineering; prosumption; self expression; Technology cultural domestication

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041123656     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540516659126     Document Type: Article

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