Program in Science, Technology and Society

Théo Lepage-Richer is a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology at the University of Toronto. He received his PhD in MCM, with a certificate in STS, with a project on the history and epistemology of a machine learning model called “neural networks,” with a specific focus on the development of a neural imaginary throughout the 20th century. Bringing together turn-of-the-century neurophysiology, post-war cybernetics, and late 20th century computer science, Théo’s dissertation attends to the ways the artificialization of intelligence partakes in the biopolitical management and uneven distribution of agential, intellectual, and vital potential.