Benjamin Bratton
@bratton
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Director of Antikythera and Professor of Philosophy of Technology at University of California, San Diego.
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Joined February 2008
Accept All Cookies is my new book, written to coincide with Antikythera's exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Now available for pre-order from Berggruen Press. Accept All Cookies is a collection of key concepts in the philosophy of planetary computation, evolution,
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RT @antikythera_xyz: Humans are the only creatures to have asked, and begun answering, the question: ‘where is now?’. That is, how much pas….
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RT @antikythera_xyz: Filmed as part of the Antikythera’s Cognitive Infrastructures studio, 57 Ideas on Cognitive Infrastructures: Synthetic….
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RT @Restless_Egg: Restless Egg is offering $50k to be part of a 6-month 10-person cohort of artist-founders building tech products that eme….
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RT @piscitelli: Luckily we have @blaiseaguera & @bratton applying for the position :-) And we need many more of the sort. Please jump in un….
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RT @begusgasper: Our artificial baby language learner (fiwGAN) and its latent space exhibited @berggruenInst in collaboration with @antiky….
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RT @DrBrianKeating: How Humans Created Earth's AI Brain @bratton. Timestamp:.00:00 Intro .01:02 Antikythera and planetary computation .07:5….
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RT @matdryhurst: This piece debunking AI environmental panic is great h/t @thejaymo . None of the AI catastrophism arguments hold (or expen….
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The first "Big Book" in the Antikythera book series with MIT Press is available for pre-order. The modestly titled What is Intelligence?: Evolution, Computing, and Minds why @blaiseaguera Blaise Aguera y Arcas is going to cause waves in multiple conversations new and old.
Now through Friday: My upcoming book “What Is Intelligence?” is 25% off for Barnes & Noble Premium & Rewards Members! Use code PREORDER25 at checkout. #BNPreorder.
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o3's definition of "humans". "A self-modifying swarm of molecule-sized archivists that coax entropy into meaning by wrapping fleeting moments in elaborate chains of memory, prediction, and ritual.".
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RT @Into_Impossible: What if Earth is already part of a thinking machine? 🌍🧠Philosopher @bratton joins @DrBrianKeating to explore planetary….
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Vocabulary item of the day: "Automated Personhood Revocation". Def. In 2040 a tool wielded by gerontocratic parliaments to protect their incumbent advantages from ecologies of agents.
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We will be hosting an exhibition of Antikythera's work and some additional surprises in Venice next month. Hope to see you. The Monolith features work by Antikythera, Peter Galison, Blaise Agüera y Arcas, Metahaven, Gaspar Begus, Stewart Smith, Robert Pietrusko, Alexander
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Ditto. Thank you @Sara_Imari and Paul Davies.
Had a blast taking part in a workshop organised by @Sara_Imari & Paul Davies the past few days, at Arizona State University's Beyond Center. I gave a talk on the history of contingency, & we spoke about the origin of life, technological evolution & much more! Was great fun!🧫📡🧬
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This is basically what happened with Chinese steel coming into US via Mexico the last time around.
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RT @ramon_galache: Extremadamente académico, pero ese el objeto de este texto de Benjamin Bratton que, como anuncia el título indaga sobre….
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RT @fraymocholibros: Benjamin Bratton cruza filosofía y software, urbanismo y tecnología, ecología y geopolítica. The Stack. Soberanía y so….
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OK so is everyone just going to buy their stuff through Amazon dot Canada? Canadian tariffs on most Chinese imports are lower than 769% or whatever it is this news cycle.
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