Big data : a new medium Prologue: Why ask the question Natasha Lushetich Big data and versus people knowledge : on the ambiguities of humanistic research Ingrid Hoofd Simulated replicants forever Big data engendered determinism and the end of prophecy Franco Bifo Berardi Visual hallucination of probable events : on environments of images data and machine learning Abelardo Gil Fournier and Jussi Parikka Biometric datafication in governmental and personal spheres Btihaj Ajana Digital biopolitics and the problem of fatigue in platform capitalism Tim Christaens Appreciating machine generated artwork through deep learning mechanisms Lonce Wyse Data to the Nth degree : zooming in on the smart set Craig J. Saper Intellectual autonomy after artificial intelligence : the future of memory institutions and historical research Nicola Horsley BeHere : prosthetic memory in the age of digital frottage Natasha Lushetich and Masaki Fujihat Surfaces and depths : an aesthetics of big data Dominic Smith POV data doubles the dividual and the drive to visibility Mitra Azar Reading big data as the heterogenous subject Simon Biggs Epilogue: Telepathic exaptation in late cognitive capitalism : a speculative approach to the effects of digitality Warren Neidich.