Normal Intrusions: Globalising AI Surveillance
Binoy KLampmark They all do it: corporations, regimes, authorities. They all have the same reasons: efficiency, serviceability, profitability, all under the umbrella term of “security”. Call it surveillance, or...
Speeding into the Void of Cyberspace as Designed
Speed and panic go hand-in-hand in today’s fabricated world of engineered emergencies and digital alerts. “We have no time” is today’s mantra – “We are running out of time”...
The People vs Artificial Intelligence
In the fertile Arkansas Delta lies a small town called Cash. Its name is an Anglicized version of a nearby river, Cache, which in French means “hidden.” A cache...
Capitalism’s Failure Of The Flesh: The Rise Of The Robots
by Phil Rockstroh Humankind, being an inherently tool-making species, has always been in a relationship with technology. Our tools, weapons, machines, and appliances are crucial to forging the cultural...
Marching in Circles: Faustian Thinking and the Myth of Science
The recent marches on April 22nd to promote science and to celebrate Earth Day were perhaps well-intentioned, but they were delusional and conducted without any sense of irony. They...
