Benjamin Bratton
A Philosophy of Planetary Computation: From Antikythera to Synthetic Intelligence
TThe Antikythera mechanism, sometimes called the "first computer," was more than a calculator; it was also an astronomical device. Thus the birth of computation is in the orienting of intelligence to its planetary condition. From Climate Science to Synthetic Biology, this remains the case.
As computation becomes planetary infrastructure, its myriad hybrid intelligences pose new challenges to fundamental philosophical questions. How does computation become more than a mere technology, but also the medium through which we ask existential questions about who, what and how we are?
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A Philosophy of Planetary Computation: From Antikythera to Synthetic Intelligence
TThe Antikythera mechanism, sometimes called the "first computer," was more than a calculator; it was also an astronomical device. Thus the birth of computation is in the orienting of intelligence to its planetary condition. From Climate Science to Synthetic Biology, this remains the case.
As computation becomes planetary infrastructure, its myriad hybrid intelligences pose new challenges to fundamental philosophical questions. How does computation become more than a mere technology, but also the medium through which we ask existential questions about who, what and how we are?
Benjamin Bratton
A Philosophy of Planetary Computation: From Antikythera to Synthetic Intelligence
TThe Antikythera mechanism, sometimes called the "first computer," was more than a calculator; it was also an astronomical device. Thus the birth of computation is in the orienting of intelligence to its planetary condition. From Climate Science to Synthetic Biology, this remains the case.
As computation becomes planetary infrastructure, its myriad hybrid intelligences pose new challenges to fundamental philosophical questions. How does computation become more than a mere technology, but also the medium through which we ask existential questions about who, what and how we are?
read more
A Philosophy of Planetary Computation: From Antikythera to Synthetic Intelligence
TThe Antikythera mechanism, sometimes called the "first computer," was more than a calculator; it was also an astronomical device. Thus the birth of computation is in the orienting of intelligence to its planetary condition. From Climate Science to Synthetic Biology, this remains the case.
As computation becomes planetary infrastructure, its myriad hybrid intelligences pose new challenges to fundamental philosophical questions. How does computation become more than a mere technology, but also the medium through which we ask existential questions about who, what and how we are?
show less
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