“The End of Theory” – Byung-Chul HAN

Columbus and His Egg Bentham likened his panopticon to ‘Columbus and his egg’. By his account, the invention should be applied to all disciplinary milieus of incarceration because it promotes the exceptionally efficient surveillance of inmates. The panopticon represents a watershed in the social order: ‘What would you say, if by the gradual adoption and…

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“Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence” – John Searle | Talks at Google

Curb your AI enthusiasm, Ray.John Searle Ray is Ray Kurzweil, renowned futurist and author of books on artificial intelligence, transhumanism, and the technological singularity. Kurzweil—sitting right up front—was the first person to raise their hand and ask Searle a question after his talk at Google. The philosopher's reply was just brilliant. Making a fundamental distinction…

Google, Facebook, Amazon – The rise of the mega-corporations | DW Documentary

Mega-corporations like Amazon and Facebook are becoming more powerful. And their growth shows no signs of slowing down. They are in the public eye -- but are they also above the law? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy8ogOaKk4Y The pandemic has only made the "big four” -- Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook -- more influential. Our data has become big…

In the Age of AI | FRONTLINE (documentary)

A documentary exploring how artificial intelligence is changing life as we know it — from jobs to privacy to a growing rivalry between the U.S. and China. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dZ_lvDgevk FRONTLINE investigates the promise and perils of AI and automation, tracing a new industrial revolution that will reshape and disrupt our world, and allow the emergence of…

“O fim da teoria” – Byung-Chul HAN

Numa carta endereçada a sua mulher, escreve Martin Heidegger: “O outro, inseparável do amor a ti e, de outro modo, inseparável do meu pensamento, é difícil de dizer. Chamo-o de Eros, o mais antigo dos deuses, segundo a palavra de Parmênides. O bater as asas daquele deus toca-me cada vez que no pensamento dou um…

“Google, Big Data e o fim do livre arbítrio” – Yuval Noah HARARI

Financial Times, 26 de agosto de 2016 Esqueça esse papo de ouvir a si mesmo. Na era da informação, os algoritmos têm a resposta, escreve o historiador Yuval Noah Harari Durante milhares de anos os seres humanos acreditaram que a autoridade vinha dos deuses. Depois, na era moderna, o humanismo gradualmente transferiu a autoridade das…

Ditadura da Transparência – Byung-Chul HAN

No início, a rede digital foi celebrada como um medium de liberdade ilimitada. O primeiro slogan publicitário da Microsoft, «Aonde você quer ir hoje?», sugeria uma liberdade e uma mobilidade sem fronteiras na internet. Hoje, essa euforia já se mostrou uma ilusão. A liberdade e a comunicação ilimitadas se transformam em monitoramento e controle total.…