Priti Pandurangan

What I'm working on, thinking about and exploring right now

02 Feburary 2026

At the moment, I’m building tools, wading through the history of computing cultures, teaching this spring term, and examining how metaphors shape the way AI is understood.

Working on

I’m building a tool for pen plotters that pulls together data, SVGs, scripting, and plotter control into a single workflow. Optimistically, so.

Inquiring

What are the role and implications of metaphors used to describe Artificial Intelligence in shaping how it is understood?

I’m also collaborating with We and AI on examining how AI is discussed through metaphors. Our near-term goal is to build a shared metaphor repository / observatory to support more intellectually honest and useful ways of talking about AI.

Exploring

I’m deep in the weeds with philosophies of computing cultures, exploring how they might offer ways to reclaim agency and control in our computing futures.

Teaching

I’m putting together some course material for spring term workshops at UAL.

Reading / Listening

Ways of Being | James Bridle

Looking forward to

Experiencing Woolf Works by choreographer Wayne McGregor at the Royal Opera House and a vacation in Scotland.