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What does it mean when our machines learn to feel? Through sound, music, and AI, this talk explores how we can transform our digital bodies and machines into allies for collective healing – moving beyond hyper-individualism toward shared sonic experiences and technological kinship. Drawing on Sonic Cyberfeminist theory and practice, we’ll examine how algorithmic empathy and post-human creativity might help us build technologies that don’t just compute, but truly resonate with the collective human experience. A provocative look at how we can create digital spaces that prioritize community over isolation, and connection over competition.

Ana Roman is a multidisciplinary creative technologist, workshop facilitator, and Sonic Arts teaching artist whose work explores the intersections of generative arts, sonic cyberfeminism, and algorithmic bias. Their critical practice investigates the complex relationships between gender and technology, with particular focus on avatarization, queering AI, data rights, and AI’s impact on human identity formation. They have presented workshop performances and delivered talks at MIT Media Lab, NYU Tandon, NYU Clive Davis Institute, California Polytechnic State University, and Berklee College of Music. Roman is an active electronic music producer and DJ (Sonar Festival, Refraction Festival, DJ Magazine and Mix Mag.) They are currently developing the Interface Intifada Handbook, Algorithms of Expressions, and Sonic Solidarity Toolkit to advance research in technological democratization and music technology innovation.