The Borg–eye and the We–I. The production of a collective living body through wearable computers

Liberati, Nicola

doi:10.1007/s00146-018-0840-x

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“…Posthumanism attempts to unlearn the gestalt of the individual. However, an either/or mentality might assume that if we are not individuals, then we may lose our free will, potentially becoming Borg-like, 14 determined beings (Liberati, 2018). Throughout this book I attempt to avoid the binary choice of either/or, preferring to use an 'and … and' approach (cf.…”

Section: The Dance Of Agencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject

Lewis

2021

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Ivan Kalmar (2005) suggests, 'if McLuhan's name no longer rings as it once did, it is because history has paid his ideas the compliment of making them commonplace' (227).1. Introduction: Problematizing our Relations with Media Technologies12 Semiotics, the study of words and language-sign and signifier-is mostly outside the scope of this book. However, it is quite important, so there is a place for it within the framework/instrument I develop.1. Introduction: Problematizing our Relations with Media Technologies imply autonomy and separation. Kenneth Gergen (2009: xxvii) describes this issue quite well:The very idea of individual persons is a byproduct of relational process. But how can I describe this process without using a language that inherently divides the world into bounded entities? To be more specific, by relying on common conventions of writing, I will invariably rely on nouns and pronouns, both of which designate bounded or identifiable units. The very phrase, 'I rely on you….' already defines me as separate from you.[…] Try as I may to create a sense of process that precedes the construction of entities, the conventions of language resist. They virtually insist that separate entities exist prior to relationship.

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Section: The Dance Of Agencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject

Lewis

2021

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“…This information is not merely for our consumption but can be accessed by anyone around the world privy to the database in which that data are stored. Their perception of the here and now becomes technologically embedded in a device that allows them to experience the world through the eyes of another, something Liberati (2017) calls a “collective organ” (p. 4).…”

Section: Distributed Knowledge and Spatial Compressionmentioning

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The Technological Singularity as the Emergence of a Collective Consciousness: An Anthropological Perspective

O'Lemmon

2020

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

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The technological singularity is popularly envisioned as a point in time when (a) an explosion of growth in artificial intelligence (AI) leads to machines becoming smarter than humans in every capacity, even gaining consciousness in the process; or (b) humans become so integrated with AI that we could no longer be called human in the traditional sense. This article argues that the technological singularity does not represent a point in time but a process in the ongoing construction of a collective consciousness. Innovations from the earliest graphic representations to the present reduced the time it took to transmit information, reducing the cognitive space between individuals. The steady pace of innovations ultimately led to the communications satellite, fast-tracking this collective consciousness. The development of AI in the late 1960s has been the latest innovation in this process, increasing the speed of information while allowing individuals to shape events as they happen.

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“…Recent technological advances have given some support to the feasibility of realizing 'human-level AI' (Bostrom 2016) and some scholars have even gone as far as to consider the point when technology surpasses human intelligence (e.g., Kurzweil 2005). Thus, given the rapid diffusion of AI technologies in society, analysis of AI's social implications is increasingly important (Gill 2020;Liberati 2020). Recent advances in AI have pushed it out of research labs and into today's work contexts.…”

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AI management beyond the hype: exploring the co-constitution of AI and organizational context

Holmström

Hällgren

2021

AI & Soc

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AI technologies hold great promise for addressing existing problems in organizational contexts, but the potential benefits must not obscure the potential perils associated with AI. In this article, we conceptually explore these promises and perils by examining AI use in organizational contexts. The exploration complements and extends extant literature on AI management by providing a typology describing four types of AI use, based on the idea of co-constitution of AI technologies and organizational context. Building on this typology, we propose three recommendations for informed use of AI in contemporary organizations. First, explicitly define the purpose of organizational AI use. Second, define the appropriate level of transparency and algorithmic management for organizational AI use. Third, be aware of AI’s context-dependent nature.

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The Borg–eye and the We–I. The production of a collective living body through wearable computers

Cited by 17 publications

References 56 publications

Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject

Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject

The Technological Singularity as the Emergence of a Collective Consciousness: An Anthropological Perspective

AI management beyond the hype: exploring the co-constitution of AI and organizational context

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