That's it, Felix. I wish I had thought of putting like that.
I don't think it is a recurrent and forgettable cultural trait.
I comes from the historical coincidence of neoliberal economy
(deregulation), the contemporary alliance with capital of
techno-utopians (magical thinking) and their
Robot War and the Future of Perceptual Deception
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Geoff Manaugh, July 5, 2016
http://www.bldgblog.com/2016/07/robot-war-and-the-future-of-perceptual-deception/
One of the most remarkable details of last week’s fatal collision,
involving a tractor trailer and a Tesla electric car operating in
Fighting the machines/proxies is acknowledging the defeat and waste of
time. The real war is with machine designers, operators and funders.
One possible line of defense—among many, of course—would be to
redesign your city, even down to the interior of your own home, such
that machine vision is
I think there are very simple things to be learned from this.
Something that is, in the end, utterly banal but apparently gets
forgotten with every new technology and needs to be relearned.
It is impossible to wish away power and politics.
Even when this wish is shared collectively and expressed
