CYBORG THEORYGLITCH FEMINISMEXPLAINABLE AITECHNOLOGICAL ETHICSPOWER RELATIONSINTERSECTIONAL ENGAGEMENT

DISCLOSURE AND DISSOLUTION

Explainability, AI Power, and Situated Agency in Understanding. ACM Conference London 2026

Abstract

ACM PAPER This paper interrogates the political and philosophical stakes of AI through the lens of Donna Haraway’s cyborg theory, Yuk Hui’s cosmotechnics, and Legacy Russell’s glitch feminism. It advocates for a tech-positive, critically situated approach to AI, as a collaborator and substrate for power relations rather than an autonomous agent of harm. By rejecting the naïve pause/stop narratives of the human-AI binary and embracing an explainable AI (XAI) artistic practice within embodied, intersectional, and community-rooted engagements, AI can empower diverse voices and foster ethical creativity. It starts by examining a frontier cybersecurity AI, situating its framing within AI public anxiety, and arguing for a new critical stance on human navigation in an AI world.

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