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Philosophically, A.I is a totalitarian regime which aims to compress every atom in the universe into a model of it. Based on confused views of signifier/signified & map/territory relations, it naively assumes that the quality of experience & truth increases, the deeper the simulacra.
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Vectorialist Class: "Those who own & control the vectors of information/data":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hacker_Manifesto http://www.publicseminar.org/2016/05/the-sublime-language-of-my-century/ #Ideas #Technology #Politics
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The most terrifying conspiracy theory of all, is that there is no conspiracy at all.
A world governed by pure chance (and maybe some greed & stupidity)"We're living on the Planet of the Apes. Is that funny or serious?"
- Robert Anton WilsonFacebook accidentally shipped "tens of thousands" of VR controllers with hidden messages like "Big Brother is Watching" and "The Masons Were Here":
https://www.businessinsider.de/facebook-weird-messages-oculus-touch-controllers-2019-4 -
"For most medieval scholars, who believed that God created the universe according to geometric & harmonic principles, science – was linked directly to the divine. To seek these principles, therefore, would be to seek God"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_science_in_the_Middle_Ages
In the final analysis, the modern day military-technology complex closely resembles powerful medieval religious institutions in its structure and ambition. More cult than science - just with updated rational sounding god names.
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"The two hardest problems in computer science are: (i) people, (ii), convincing computer scientists that the hardest problem in computer science is people, and, (iii) off by one errors." - Jeffrey P. Bigham
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Where is the equivalent of the open-source software movement, focused on climate change resilience? Where are the Richard Stallman or Linus Torvalds type figures, focused on the race to fully regenerative economies? What is the equivalent of Linux for renewable infrastructure?
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Theory: Governance models that rely on/embrace ever increasing complexification (of processes/tech/knowledge) as a core attribute (e.g. tech & finance industries, intel-agencies), are bound to suffer from an ever decreasing rate of public participation (in decision making/agency).
If your global governance system is only barley intelligible & actionable if you have 10'000+ PhD's in the same building - it is by definition anti-democratic, anti-emancipatory, anti-egalitarian & dictatorial. And any "make the world a better place" intention won't change that.
Finally, governance systems that rely on ever increasing complexification have the "side-effect" of being brittle & non resilience: Increase in connectivity leads to an increase in resilience only to a point - after which more connectivity leads to a decrease in resilience.
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Theory: All systems are non-reformable, once their time has passed: Feudalism, Slavery, Colonialism - non abolished via reforms, but via collapse. Our current system - dominated by transnational techno-capital - will be no exception. The end is nigh! Rejoice! Seeds are germinating.
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As @Bopuc said: "AI is the triumph of the past over the future" or as @scruffymongrel said: "Smashing the territory with the map".
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Theory: The spreadsheet (Excel etc.) has cause more damage to society than the atomic bomb: It enabled accountants, lawyers, economists & bankers to radically expand their power and scale their cold totalitarian logic to all aspects of human life & ecology.
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While western "users" (replacement for legacy terms such as 'citizen' or 'human') are permanently hypnotised by vain technological conveniences which enable them to suffocate their existence in consumerism - consumerism is suffocating our planets eco-systems.
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One must pull the hat for the performance which PR departments of big tech corps play, truly excellent work in this media age: They manage to sell the politics of stagnation & oppression as the politics of dynamism & progress. Respect, very professional! The reality is different.
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"Good taste is the most obvious resource of the insecure. People of good taste eagerly buy the Emperor's old clothes. Good taste is the first refuge of the non-creative. It is the last-ditch stand of the artist. Good taste is the anaesthetic of the public." - Harley Parker
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If we recognise "planned obsolescence" as a factor in the evaluation of how "intelligent" our machines are, the result likely will be stupid.
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Contemporary technology design suffers from a similar illness: "Users" are predominantly treated as inferior subjects - a nuisance in an otherwise "perfect" algorithmic system, optimised for maximum profits.
Empowerment (power WITHIN) is what modern medicine tries to do. However the semiotics - the signs and symbols we use to communicate - tell another story. Visual culture counts for a lot. From the TV shows to photography: modern medicine still towers, leans and has power OVER us. - Ivor Williams
