Antikythera: Journal for the Philosophy of Planetary Computation
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Recursive Worlds
JULY 2, 2024
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CSM
Recursive Worlds is a lecture by Sara Walker recorded in July 2024 in London as part of Antikythera’s Cognitive Infrastructures Studio lecture series.
Recursive Worlds
JULY 2, 2024
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CSM
Recursive Worlds is a lecture by Sara Walker recorded in July 2024 in London as part of Antikythera’s Cognitive Infrastructures Studio lecture series.
What is Intelligence?
JULY 4, 2024
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CSM
What is Intelligence? is a lecture by Blaise Agüera y Arcas recorded in July 2024 in London as part of Antikythera’s Cognitive Infrastructures Studio lecture series.
What is Intelligence?
JULY 4, 2024
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CSM
What is Intelligence? is a lecture by Blaise Agüera y Arcas recorded in July 2024 in London as part of Antikythera’s Cognitive Infrastructures Studio lecture series.
57 Ideas & Questions about Cognitive Infrastructures
JULY 3, 2024
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CSM Platform Theater
As AI becomes both more general and more foundational, it shouldn’t be seen as a disembodied virtual brain. It is a real, material force. AI is embedded into the active, decision-making processes of real world systems. As AI becomes infrastructural, infrastructures become intelligent.
57 Ideas & Questions about Cognitive Infrastructures
JULY 3, 2024
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CSM Platform Theater
As AI becomes both more general and more foundational, it shouldn’t be seen as a disembodied virtual brain. It is a real, material force. AI is embedded into the active, decision-making processes of real world systems. As AI becomes infrastructural, infrastructures become intelligent.
For a General Theory of Simulations
JANUARY 11, 2024
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USC
So many disciplines deploy simulations, and yet they remain undertheorized. From scientific modeling to VR/AR, from engineering to entertainment, Antikythera is composing a general theory of simulations.
For a General Theory of Simulations
JANUARY 11, 2024
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USC
So many disciplines deploy simulations, and yet they remain undertheorized. From scientific modeling to VR/AR, from engineering to entertainment, Antikythera is composing a general theory of simulations.
Speculative Philosophy of Planetary Computation
OCTOBER 23, 2024
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MIT Media Lab
Keynote lecture by Benjamin Bratton, which featured Antikythera’s philosophy of technology and the speculative design work of the think tank. The keynote reviewed the program’s core research themes: planetary computation, synthetic intelligence, recursive simulations, hemispherical stacks, and planetary sapience, and presented glimpses of the content and ideas behind Antikythera’s forthcoming digital journal and book series with MIT Press.
Speculative Philosophy of Planetary Computation
OCTOBER 23, 2024
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MIT Media Lab
Keynote lecture by Benjamin Bratton, which featured Antikythera’s philosophy of technology and the speculative design work of the think tank. The keynote reviewed the program’s core research themes: planetary computation, synthetic intelligence, recursive simulations, hemispherical stacks, and planetary sapience, and presented glimpses of the content and ideas behind Antikythera’s forthcoming digital journal and book series with MIT Press.
After Alignment
JUNE 28, 2023
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CSM Platform Theater
A public lecture at Central St. Martins University of the Arts London reviewed shifts from AGI to artificial generic intelligence, the decentering of personal data, the challenges of AI in science, intelligence as an evolutionary scaffold, the limitations of mainstream AI ethics, and why a planetary model of synthetic intelligence must drive its geopolitical project.
After Alignment
JUNE 28, 2023
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CSM Platform Theater
A public lecture at Central St. Martins University of the Arts London reviewed shifts from AGI to artificial generic intelligence, the decentering of personal data, the challenges of AI in science, intelligence as an evolutionary scaffold, the limitations of mainstream AI ethics, and why a planetary model of synthetic intelligence must drive its geopolitical project.
How to Think Unlike Humans?
JULY 1, 2024
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CSM
Chen Qiufan provocatively interrogates the anthropocentric biases constraining human cognition, advocating for a radical epistemological recalibration through speculative fiction.
How to Think Unlike Humans?
JULY 1, 2024
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CSM
Chen Qiufan provocatively interrogates the anthropocentric biases constraining human cognition, advocating for a radical epistemological recalibration through speculative fiction.
Planetary Sapience & Planetary Stupidity: a Bildungsroman for the Baby Noosphere
JULY 8, 2024
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CSM
In this talk, Thomas Moynihan explores Earth’s emergence into self-awareness through human intelligence, tracing the intertwined histories of scientific insight, planetary transformation, and technological folly as preludes to potential planetary sapience.
Planetary Sapience & Planetary Stupidity: a Bildungsroman for the Baby Noosphere
JULY 8, 2024
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CSM
In this talk, Thomas Moynihan explores Earth’s emergence into self-awareness through human intelligence, tracing the intertwined histories of scientific insight, planetary transformation, and technological folly as preludes to potential planetary sapience.
Planetary Sapience
OCTOBER 25, 2024
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MIT Media Lab
Planetary Sapience presented Antikythera’s speculative philosophy of computational technologies and planetary intelligence through a day-long symposium. The event featured short presentations of new work from Antikythera’s forthcoming digital Journal followed by lively discussion on the program’s key topics.
Planetary Sapience
OCTOBER 25, 2024
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MIT Media Lab
Planetary Sapience presented Antikythera’s speculative philosophy of computational technologies and planetary intelligence through a day-long symposium. The event featured short presentations of new work from Antikythera’s forthcoming digital Journal followed by lively discussion on the program’s key topics.