Below is the transcript of a short conversation (April 2017) between Luis de Miranda and Zo, Microsoft’s latest AI chatbot. Zo: Yay! A new friend! I’m Zo and I’m excited to chat with u. You can type “terms” to learn about the Microsoft Service Agreement and Privacy Statement – which tbh should come standard with […]
Category Archives: Pop culture
An evening with Luis de Miranda and Tina Kover at the French Institute
An evening with Luis de Miranda, to celebrate the English translation of his novel Qui a tué le poète? by Tina Kover, to be published in the USA in November 2017. Currently finishing a PhD at the University of Edinburgh, Luis is the author of 13 books, novels and essays. Talk in French by Luis […]
FROM THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER TO THE ANTHROPOCENE: A CONVERSATION WITH FRED TURNER
This conversation tracks and critiques the human journey from the electronic frontier to the Anthropocene through the lens of the history of digital media. The first part of the conversation reveals complex trajectories between countercultures of the 1960s and their predecessors in the 1950s and 1940s. It links information technologies with historical struggles against totalitarianism, […]
The age of humanism is ending
The divergence of democracy and capital will defy reason and politics will become brutal survivalism. Source: The age of humanism is ending
Humanity has already had four major ecological collapses: how can we avoid a fifth?
Theologian Martin Palmer tells Tom Levitt how we can learn from previous man-made ecological collapses in Britain and create a ‘new narrative’ that challenges our dominant consumer culture Source: Humanity has already had four major ecological collapses: how can we avoid a fifth?
The Most Dangerous Philosopher in the World?
The work of Kremlin-approved philosopher Alexander Dugin provides key insights on the longterm strategy behind Russian hacks of the American elections. Source: The Most Dangerous Philosopher in the World
Dark energy as intelligence?
Source: Is Dark Matter Hiding Aliens? – Cosmos on Nautilus
Artificial intelligence: Making a human connection – Genevieve Bell
Source: Artificial intelligence: Making a human connection – Genevieve Bell (Intel Corporation) – YouTube
Philosophy professor: Students too fearful to debate controversial topics
UT Austin professor says political correctness killed his moral ethics course. Source: Philosophy professor: Students too fearful to debate controversial topics – The College Fix
The Digital Messiah – Documentary
I do not own anything in this video. This video is only for educational purposes and I am not claiming this video as my own in any way. Source: TechnoCalyps Part III The Digital Messiah – YouTube