Algorithms and Emerging Forms of Intimacy

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Algorithms and Emerging Forms of Intimacy. / Wiehn, Tanja.

Handbook of Critical Studies of Artificial Intelligence. ed. / Simon Lindgren. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. p. 117-127.

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Harvard

Wiehn, T 2023, Algorithms and Emerging Forms of Intimacy. in S Lindgren (ed.), Handbook of Critical Studies of Artificial Intelligence. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 117-127. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803928562.00015

APA

Wiehn, T. (2023). Algorithms and Emerging Forms of Intimacy. In S. Lindgren (Ed.), Handbook of Critical Studies of Artificial Intelligence (pp. 117-127). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803928562.00015

Vancouver

Wiehn T. Algorithms and Emerging Forms of Intimacy. In Lindgren S, editor, Handbook of Critical Studies of Artificial Intelligence. Edward Elgar Publishing. 2023. p. 117-127 https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803928562.00015

Author

Wiehn, Tanja. / Algorithms and Emerging Forms of Intimacy. Handbook of Critical Studies of Artificial Intelligence. editor / Simon Lindgren. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. pp. 117-127

Bibtex

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