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Ways of Being: Beyond Human Intelligence
Brought to you by Penguin. What does it mean to be intelligent? Is it something unique to humans - or do we share it with other beings? Recent years have seen rapid advances in 'artificial' intelligence, which increasingly appears to be something stranger than we ever imagined. At the same time, we are becoming more aware of the other intelligences which have been with us all along, unrecognized. These other beings are the animals, plants, and natural systems that surround us, and are slowly revealing their complexity and knowledge - just as the new technologies we've built are threatening to cause their extinction, and ours. In Ways of Being, writer and artist James Bridle considers the fascinating, uncanny and multiple ways of existing on earth. What can we learn from these other forms of intelligence and personhood, and how can we change our societies to live more equitably with one another and the non-human world? From Greek oracles to octopuses, forests to satellites, Bridle tells a radical new story about ecology, technology and intelligence. We must, they argue, expand our definition of these terms to build a meaningful and free relationship with the non-human, one based on solidarity and cognitive diversity. We have so much to learn, and many worlds to gain. © James Bridle 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
James Bridle (Author), James Bridle (Narrator)
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Der Siegeszug unserer entfesselten Technologien destabilisiert den gesamten Planeten und eröffnet ein neues Zeitalter: das New Dark Age. Eine seiner erschreckendsten Signaturen ist der Klimawandel, den James Bridle in diesem Kapitel seines aufsehenerregenden Buches beschreibt. Während neue Technologien immer schneller und immer massiver bis in die letzten Winkel unseres Lebens vordringen, sind wir immer weniger dazu in der Lage, sie unseren Erfordernissen anzupassen. Sie sind längst zu einer Bedrohung für humane Lebensformen geworden. James Bridles Buch 'New Dark Age. Der Sieg der Technologie und das Ende der Zukunft' ist eine rasante Tour de Force durch die technologischen Dystopien der Gegenwart. Dieses kurze Hörbuch enthält das packende Kapitel über den Klimawandel. Das vollständige Buch, das unter anderem auch auf die Automatisierung der Arbeitswelt und die omnipräsente Datenerfassung eingeht, ist gedruckt und als E-Book erhältlich. Bridle ist ein junger Harari noir, sein 'New Dark Age' ist kompetent, funkelnd und so düster wie ein Roman von H. P. Lovecraft. ''New Dark Age' gehört zu den klügsten und zugleich beunruhigendsten Büchern über die digitale Welt, die ich jemals gelesen habe, was nichts anderes heißt, als dass es zu den klügsten und erhellendsten Büchern über das Leben von heute gehört, die ich jemals gelesen habe.' The New Yorker 'Das Klima im New Dark Age' ist ein Kapitel aus dem Buch 'New Dark Age. Der Sieg der Technologie und das Ende der Zukunft'. Titel der englischen Originalausgabe: 'New Dark Age. Technology and the End of the Future'. © James Bridle, 2018. Die Originalausgabe ist 2018 bei Verso, London, erschienen. Umschlaggestaltung: Geviert, Grafik & Typografie, Nastassja Abel
James Bridle (Author), Stefan Kaminsky (Narrator)
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New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future
As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single idea: the belief that our existence is understandable through computation, and more data is enough to help us build a better world. In reality, we are lost in a sea of information, increasingly divided by fundamentalism, simplistic narratives, conspiracy theories, and post-factual politics. Meanwhile, those in power use our lack of understanding to further their own interests. Despite the apparent accessibility of information, we're living in a new Dark Age. From rogue financial systems to shopping algorithms, from artificial intelligence to state secrecy, we no longer understand how our world is governed or presented to us. The media is filled with unverifiable speculation, much of it generated by anonymous software, while companies dominate their employees through surveillance and the threat of automation. In his brilliant new work, leading artist and writer James Bridle surveys the history of art, technology, and information systems, and reveals the dark clouds that gather over our dreams of the digital sublime.
James Bridle (Author), Emily Beresford (Narrator)
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