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Whose Time Is It?: Asocial Robots, Syncholonialism, and Artificial Chronological Intelligence

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Whose Time Is It?: Asocial Robots, Syncholonialism, and Artificial Chronological Intelligence
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Stamatia Portanova
SeriesSternberg Press / The Contemporary Condition
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:104
Dimensions(mm): Height 191,Width 119
Category/GenreThe arts - general issues
Artificial intelligence
ISBN/Barcode 9783956796081
ClassificationsDewey:006.301
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Sternberg Press
Imprint Sternberg Press
Publication Date 1 February 2022
Publication Country United States

Description

Following the "emerging life adventures and experiences" of Sophia, a robot animated by blockchain and AI, to present a study in temporal automation. In what way do the two technologies of blockchain and artificial intelligence actualize and, crucially, automatize the cognition of time? These kinds of machines are increasingly part of both our contemporary present and our prospective future, but how do we really define a present and a future? And more important, how do these machines themselves understand, know, and sense time? Can machines really think about the present and dream the future in an autonomous way? In order to unravel these questions, Whose Time Is It? follows the "emerging life adventures and experiences" of Sophia, a robot animated by blockchain and AI, to present a study in temporal automation.

Author Biography

Stamatia Portanova is Research Fellow at the Department of Human and Social Sciences, Universit degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale" (Naples). She is also a member of the Technoculture Research Unit. Her research focuses on digital culture and philosophy. She is the author of Moving without a Body- Digital Philosophy and Choreographic Thoughts (MIT Press), and has published articles in AI & Society, Body & Society, Computational Culture, Space and Culture, Fibreculture Journal, and Angelaki.