My #PhD colleague at the #ANU School of #Cybernetics, @Amirasadi, has a session up for voting at #SXSW in #Sydney about the practical implications of #AI in #HealthCare - benefits, risks, dangers - and how to enhance health without causing harm.
If you're inclined, I'd really appreciate your help in voting for his session!
(Requires login, but we all know how to use plus addressing)
Thank you in advance everyone, really appreciate it, #Mastodon family ❤️
The Evolution of Computer Science | Studying in the Early Nineties => Short clip from the Leanpub Frontmatter podcast with Simon Brown, author of Software Architecture for Developers => The link to the full interview is here => https://youtu.be/PLjVbjmGe5U#podcastclips#books#computerscience#technology
» is being scrutinised by scientist over his claims that a computer passed the "Turing Test"« ?!
» The scientist later implanted sensors and a microchip into the nerves in his arm, similar to an implant he also gave to his wife, so that when someone grasped her hand Prof Warwick was able to experience the same sensation in his. « ?? !!
Just like how we think we pass through time, rather than being in all the moments separately; before, now, in the future - time as we perceive it exists because the moments are perceived in sequence.
But like the use of the word "illusion", language is a clumsy tool, and it's hard to lay some things out in words.
Well, also its possible the folks actually thought they meant illusion, in which case you're right and they're silly. Send em to me for reducation.
Aadhaar Deactivations and the Genealogy of Cybernetics Gone Rogue in India
The recent developments with several individuals' Aadhaar being de-activated has created a flurry of concerned activity among the political class in India about the dangers of this system.
@grumpygamer
Fascinating. Thank you for sharing this. In the UK, I expect we shall see this over the next ?5 ?50 years as the NHS changes to emergency care only and private healthcare de-facto takes over non-emergency care. A for-profit company will not want to be run by doctors. This can already be observed in dentistry. I had not seen it so well described in other trades though. Thank you!
Fuck that jacobin article on #cybernetics. Designing Freedom has more to say than anything they’ve ever written! I’m taking it personally because I give a fuck.
My fellow #solarpunk nerds seem to be on this platform so I thought I’d share that @theEllamo and I’s latest #podcast episode of #Sci_Burst is on that very topic!
We give a lil’ intro to the #scifi subgenre, aesthetic and movement that is ☀️solarpunk ☀️ from a #scicomm perspective + explore solarpunk worlds in #popculture#fiction and what we might see from the movement in the near #future… 🌎🤖🫶
👋Hi, thought I would take the time to do a little #introduction here! 👋
Hello, I’m Ella! A Science Communicator who has just handed in her Honours thesis on ‘unfurling #audience ‘. I’m most interested in #STEM + #art intersections, science accessibility, and STEM equity.
#AI#GenerativeAI#SocialMedia#Capitalism#Cybernetics: "If the trend line of this historical trajectory of leveraging underutilized assets continues unabated, then the future seems bleak. Industry will aim to further tighten and constrain our interactions online until we are surrounded by engagement engines, pumping out material that keeps us typing and sharing. Based on the ideology of individualism, the tech industry seems likely to tighten the boundaries of these online systems so that we don’t need anyone else to do the things we love. We will type for the machine that surveils us, share with simulated audiences.
Denying our dependencies on others is not a means of amplifying human potential. It is a tool for rejecting that potential. I see this as the true existential risk of AI. Not the machines, which simply hum math into pixels. I am convinced that those who build the technology of generative AI will aim to replace, not empower, the communities and interactions we find ourselves valuing most today. Already generative AI is hijacking the impulse of empathy and conversation. If history is any indication, the next logical step of the system’s evolution would be to control it."
A wild tale of how Allende's engineers and a British management consultant dared challenge corporations and spy agencies - and almost won. Written and presented by Evgeny Morozov.
#Cybernetics#Information: "One of the lost classics of French philosophy, Cybernetics and the Origin of Information has never before been published in English. Raymond Ruyer—who was a major influence on Simondon and Deleuze, among others—originally wrote this book, one of the first critiques of Norbert Wiener’s cybernetics program, in 1954. At once critical and analytical, it is a deep exploration of information theory, cybernetics, and the philosophical assumptions and implications of both. Among the themes covered in the book are the main types of information machines, information’s relationship to behavior and communication, and the nature of entropy and time in cybernetics. This translation contributes to understanding the rich history of cybernetics and the philosophy of information. A true hidden gem in the history of philosophical thought, this text will help readers understand foundational criticisms of ideas that have led to artificial intelligence."
Ever wondered where the “cyber” prefix in cybersecurity and #cyberpunk comes from? I just finished reading “Rise of the Machines: The Lost History of Cybernetics” by @ridt. I can highly recommend this fascinating read on how feedback loops enabled the first thinking machines and their influences on culture, like the cybernetic myth of machines of loving grace or AI dystopias.
#Chile#Allende#Cybersyn#Cybernetics: "“Many of the American observers couldn’t believe that a relatively underdeveloped country like Chile could pull off something like this; some were even busy writing letters to the editor denouncing Cybersyn’s existence as what today we would call ‘fake news.’” Morozov tells me. “And yet it was real, it was ahead of its time, and it was an organic fit to the needs of the country’s economic development.”
And it worked. In one famous example, a strike organized by truck owners opposed to Allende sought to grind the economy to a halt, and Cybersyn helped feed the government data necessary to work around it — without resorting to crushing the strike. Allende’s vision for socialism was different from the Soviet strain; he wanted to preserve Chile’s democratic institutions, and transition to public-owned institutions peacefully. And he saw Cybersyn as a way to help achieve that.
In the end, Allende’s government was the one that was crushed. Backed by Nixon, Pinochet seized power, sending tanks and troops into Santiago. Salvador Allende took his own life, and thousands of his supporters were rounded up, imprisoned and killed. And Cybersyn, which had barely begun to operate — the ops room was still considered a prototype — was destroyed."