Tools of The Magician: AI, Technology and The Future | Solo Show
Rune Soup
Gordon White
4.7 • 861 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2023
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Continuing our multi-part exploration of AI and its implication for These Capitalised Times we are living through and with, we look at the metaphysics of technology this week.
What are the implications of Artificial Intelligence for
- The performing of magic?
- Living in a magical universe?
What is an animist understanding not just of 'intelligence' but 'artifice'? What -if any- is the difference between a tool and a magical tool?
This week we explore:
- The work of Ivan Illich.
- A metaphysics of tools.
- What it means to operate in the ruins.
- Steiner's description of Ahriman and what it means for our moment.
Show Notes
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| 0:00.0 | You're not going to be here. This week we are continuing on our series on artificial intelligence and technology and so on with another solo show and for the people who are watching this on the live stream. That's not the scary source underneath my mouth there. That's human blood. |
| 0:38.4 | So how the solos shows and live streams come together is the night before because it's Friday morning here for me. |
| 0:45.0 | I make some notes and what have you and then I get up at about 5 a.m. maybe a little bit before and I put it all together in some slides and then with frankly |
| 0:57.2 | too little time to spare I go and oblute and shower and get ready for the show and for whatever reason now I've been |
| 1:04.0 | shaving for 25 years this time I decided rather than going down with the razor I would |
| 1:09.6 | go sideways just underneath my mouth. |
| 1:13.0 | So this might be one to listen to rather than watch, |
| 1:15.7 | but you're here now. |
| 1:16.8 | And it was really interesting to look at yourself |
| 1:18.6 | in the mirror holding a tool as bloodstreams down your face while you are waiting to begin a show talking about human |
| 1:28.0 | understandings of tools and technology and so on. |
| 1:31.0 | It's a really interesting kind of moment. But that explains what's going on here. |
| 1:37.0 | And I should catch you up as people are jumping into the chat on other stuff. |
| 1:42.0 | Oh, she'd also mention if you're watching this, that's why I'm in unhouse level clothing. |
| 1:47.6 | This is an old farm hoodie because I can't, I actually had nice new clothing that I purchased to wear, but I would get blood on my new top. |
| 1:56.9 | So here we are in, let's say, farm clothing. |
| 2:00.3 | But yeah, so the last couple of weeks I have been in Vanuatu, which if you've read some of the previous post you'd be aware of, |
| 2:07.6 | or if you're a premium member, some of the technical difficulties that come with being on an island of an island of an island |
| 2:16.0 | that has generated power and sometimes a 4G data access. That's relevant for this show because it's where I put together my thinking around the stuff I want to talk about and it was as we move into the presentation it will be |
| 2:35.5 | obvious way that was the right context to have this aspect of the AI discussion in this way. |
| 2:43.6 | And I will just say for those of you listening, |
| 2:46.8 | the video version will definitely have a live stream Q&A |
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