Der ewige Vorrat an Wirklichkeit hat sich im Prozess der Digitalisierung ebenso erschöpft wie die Biosphäre der Erde im Zuge der kapitalistischen Verwertung der natürlichen Ressourcen. Dabei ist ökologische Nostalgie ebenso wenig aussichtsreich wie die Illusion einer vordigitalen Welt. Wir […]
Digitale Guillotine gefällig? Leitfaden zur Enteignung algokratischer Regime
The eternal supply of reality has been exhausted in the process of digitalization, just as the biosphere of the earth has been used up in the course of capitalist valorization of natural resources. Ecological nostalgia is as unpromising as the
Digital Guillotine Anyone? A Guide to the Decomputation of Algocratic Regimes
According to the prophecies of cyber-priests like Elon Musk, humanity is on the brink of collapse: artificial intelligence will take over the world and seal the end of our precious civilization. The salvation? Technological solutions from people like Elon Musk,
Eschatology of AI: Artificial Revelations Between Enchantment and Enhancement
fírst published in: https://bluelabyrinths.com/2024/02/05/parasites-symbiotes-and-decoys-remembering-baudrillards-contaminated-discourse/?fbclid=IwAR2ekuRmrywKG7gjsO36oonGHwIbmV3DqUvOzElVN2-GZnsFnEDvtaHD3ew The parasite serves as a useful simulacrum for post-modernism. Post-modernity engages us with a kind of viral discourse, which seeks to comprehend an object without subsuming it under a system of concepts; without, that is, deploying
Parasites, Symbiotes and Decoys: Remembering Baudrillard’s Contaminated Discourse
I just found this weird little book. It’s been referenced here and there in the literature on biopolitics. Published in the Tiqqun, a French-Italian Anarchist journal, who only managed to produce two issues (the 1999 and 2001). “Raw Materials for
Trash Theory: The “Young-Girl” Deployment
In the article: ‘The Threat of Algocracy: Reality, Resistance and Accommodation’, John Danaher discusses the question of algorithmic governance. Algorithmic governance refers to an increasing algorithmization, that is, an increasing use of algorithms in solving administrative problems and modifying human
Resistance, Accommodation and the Threat of A.I. Algocracy by John Danaher
Decolonizing Mathematical Knowledge What happens after typing “sociology of mathematics” into the google search bar? The very first “suggested” result is mathematical sociology. A very curious outcome, considering the fact that mathematical sociology is in a way the exact opposite
Mathematics as a Social Practice
I recently came across an article that caught my attention. Written just last year. It draws a parallel between AI and psychoanalysis. Which seemed until now two completely divergent fields. It argues that we can psychoanalyze an AI. But how
The Algorithmic Unconscious: Psychoanalyzing Artificial Intelligence
Reflections on Bionormativity “If as many Google- enabled robotic devices get installed as Google hopes, Google may soon know the contents of your fridge, your heart rate when you’re exercising, the weather outside your front door, the pattern of electricity
Biometric Technology and The Theory of Human Capital