If the invisible hand of the market leads us to lose our cognitive abilities and become dependent on machines, what is our future?

Is it necessary to abandon anthropomorphic and computational perspectives in the study of consciousness? Is it possible to formulate a basic theory, even while acknowledging that—as is the case with grammar—there will always be particularities?

Should happiness be a goal of EU AI policy? AI companies receive public support through funding, tax breaks and access to resources. But what does society get in return? A new study in Royal Society Open Science calls for a rethink.

Artificial intelligence can process large amounts of data in a short time. If the market rewards productivity and efficiency, then the path is clear.

Is the market a type of artificial intelligence (the "invisible hand")? Does profit maximization lead to emergent behaviors such as efficiency and productivity?

Tech Titans: "Does their technology serve to funnel profits upstream while degrading a livelihood or destabilizing a community? Are those who rely on the disrupted systems given a democratic say in how innovation will affect their lives?" Blood in the Machine @bcmerchant.bsky.social

Para el Hay festival @hayfestivalesp.bsky.social 2027 en Colombia sería muy interesante (necesario?) incluir conferencias sobre la escritura aumentada o escritura lejana. Por ejemplo: cup.columbia.edu/book/encount...

Encounters with AI | Columbia University Press

What happens when a philosopher hands the pen to artificial intelligence and keeps only the role of designer? Encounters with AI is an experiment in what Luc... | CUP

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In academic or literary work, is it possible to achieve a balance between close and distant writing — or augmented writing — that allows for the exercise of cognitive faculties while incorporating tools such as AI?

"Here I suggest that consciousness may be deeply grounded in the developing, embodied organism taken as a whole and not just in the brain and its neural correlates."

Anna Ciaunica PhD@annaciaunica.bsky.social · 2w ago

New essai out in @Montreal_Review I discuss why consciousness is not a thing but rather a journey that living systems do (but not Al) Check it out 🙏😎👇🏼 Thank you for having me ! www.themontrealreview.com/Articles/wha...

Distant writing (d_writing) vs. close writing (c_writing), a new paradigm? Floridi, Luciano @floridi.bsky.social, Distant Writing: Literary Production in the Age of Artificial Intelligence dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

¿Could bad actors with destabilizing agendas use AI for surveillance and profiling, and then carry out interventions—exploiting vulnerable people—to manipulate individuals or institutions?

My new book on AI, literature and distant writing is now available from Columbia University Press "Encounters with AI - An Experiment in Distant Writing"

Encounters with AI | Columbia University Press

What happens when a philosopher hands the pen to artificial intelligence and keeps only the role of designer? Encounters with AI is an experiment in what Luc... | CUP

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Can bad actors hide their actions behind artificial intelligence?

The scientific and cultural wealth of humanity makes the training of artificial intelligence possible. Would this culture be possible without people's affective response to their world?

Can a machine perceive the world like a human without undergoing an affective response?

With current technology, a machine cannot experience the world the way a human being does; it can be programmed, but that is not the same as having affective responses that lead to thought and action.

Can market demands exceed human capabilities, making machines the solution?

We represent reality using symbols, and when we combine them, we transform the planet. Artificial intelligence can also combine symbols; do we have a future with this technology?

If combinatorial syntax is unique to our species, how might artificial intelligence affect the thinking of new generations?

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The Devil Is An Ass (The Spanish Lady) by Edward Elgar

Pug, a devil who is still inexperienced, asks Satan for permission to bring evil into the human world. But a novice like him has nothing more to teach people about wickedness. So all that remains for ...

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The future with AI? Countries working hard to improve their democracies, while bad actors—posing as good ones—engage in profiling, interventions, and manipulation by exploiting this technology.

Ingeniería Mecatrónica 25 años ingenieria.bogota.unal.edu.co/es/eventos/c...

Celebración de los 25 años de Ingeniería Mecatrónica | Facultad de Ingeniería

Celebración de los 25 años del Programa de Ingeniería Mecatrónica de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, que se llevará a cabo los días 17 y 18 de septiembre

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AI and the end of humanity? Bad actors weaponizing human nature and exploiting AI for profiling and manipulation.

This comedy can serve as a metaphor illustrating that AI is a disruptive force that causes no harm in itself. The problem arises when bad actors use AI to exploit negative aspects of our human nature for their own agendas.

Alberto Delgado@jadelgador.bsky.social · 2mo ago

PRIVATOPER - Berlin @berlin-news-en.bsky.social

Individuals making independent decisions are the strength of democracy. In the age of artificial intelligence, profiling and manipulation exploited by bad actors undermine the very foundations of this political system.

El mayor riesgo existencial que presenta la inteligencia artificial consiste en entregarle el control de los sistemas de destrucción global utilizados para mantener la paz mundial.

The greatest existential risk posed by artificial intelligence lies in handing over control of the global destruction systems used to maintain world peace.

PRIVATOPER - Berlin @berlin-news-en.bsky.social

Today at the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social attending the presentation of the book about ELIZA, the first chatbot developed by the visionary J. Weizenbaum. mitpress.mit.edu/978026205248...

Inventing ELIZA

As we reach the 60th anniversary of ELIZA’s public debut, Inventing ELIZA offers the first comprehensive critical analysis of Joseph Weizenbaum’s...

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Just as the nervous system exhibits different characteristics across animal species, could there be different levels (or degrees) of consciousness?