SCIENCE FICTION NARRATIVES AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

SCIENCE FICTION NARRATIVES AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

In the words of one of the founding fathers of the genre, Hugo Gernsback, science fiction can be defined as an “imaginative extrapolation of true natural phenomena, existing now, or likely to exist in the future”. From the groundbreaking novels of authors...
THE PARADOX OF THE INVISIBLE AUTOMATON

THE PARADOX OF THE INVISIBLE AUTOMATON

The word “automaton” comes from the Latinization of the ancient Greek word αὐτόματος, which describes something that has its own spontaneous movement. It typically refers to machines that mimic the figure and movements...
REPLICA OR SIMULACRUM: SIMONDON AND THE AIs

REPLICA OR SIMULACRUM: SIMONDON AND THE AIs

La philosophie est à faire et c’est une bonne nouvelle. Elle n’est pas donnée dans son histoire, ses institutions, ses textes, son inconscient: elle est toujours autre que son passé. Elle doit être inventée à l’occasion des nouveaux savoirs qui hantent l’encyclopédie,...