Dear all, I will embark on a tour of NYC, Washington, and Toronto btw October 14-27... landing first for the lecture at the Vera List Center. Drop a line if around!

www.veralistcenter.org/events/vlc-f...

Arabic translation of the Eye of the Master: A Social History of AI (Verso Books) out now thanks to Page Seven!

"There exists a considerable misunderstanding about cybernetics' scientific aspirations. In reality, cybernetics was not a science but a school of engineering in drag."

- @mttpsq.bsky.social (from his fascinating book The Eye of the Master)

Estoy muy feliz de ver la traducción al español de mi libro @versobooks.bsky.social gracias al Fondo de Cultura Económica Chile

"El ojo del amo. Una historia social de la inteligencia artificial"

… quite enjoyed this conference ‘Chat Token Vector’ 🤖🧮↗️ … with @mttpsq.bsky.social, @hannesbajohr.de, @atg-dbp.bsky.social and many others.

The final program of our symposium @erc-aimodels.bsky.social is out! Please share:

👉 unive.it/chat-token-vector

Oggi a Venezia presentiamo la nuova edizione de Il Capitale alle ore 17 presso l'Aula Padoan dell'Università Ca' Foscari (campazzo San Sebastian, Dorsoduro 1686).

In dialogo con Roberto Fineschi, Giorgio Cesarale, Emanuele Lepore e Matteo Pasquinelli.

www.einaudi.it/appuntamenti...

Cameo of Ca' Foscari for the New York Times trolling superintelligence fantasies...

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/t...

In the Name of Efficiency, the Time of Monsters has Arrived
Ron Salaj for @versobooks.bsky.social

www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/i...

Grazie @internazionale.it per recensire Nell'occhio dell'algoritmo in uscita il 16 maggio per Carocci traducendo il buon @bentarnoff.com @nybooks.com



Alla scoperta del lavoro dell’intelligenza artificiale
Ben Tarnoff

www.internazionale.it/magazine/ben...

Steam didn’t trigger the Industrial Revolution. The growing complexity of labour demanded steam.

Just like today, it's not AI that's changing work—it's work that's calling AI into being.

From #TheEyeOfTheMaster by @mttpsq.bsky.social

The list of speakers of our symposium Chat Token Vector is out!

unive.it/chat-token-v...

We received solid and dense papers. Prepare nootropics and see you June 11-13 in Venice.

Image: Joachim Becher, Pro notitia linguarum universali, 1661.

Esce finalmente per Carocci l’edizione italiana di The Eye of the Master... quasi undici anni dopo il primo sketch del progetto (ho riscoperto una nota del 2014!).

Si offre copia gratuita a docenti. PM here.

Come l’IA (non) trasforma il lavoro
Paolo Ruta per Il Tascabile

www.iltascabile.com/societa/come...

CHAT TOKEN VECTOR
Questioning Models of Language and Neo-Structuralism in AI
11-13 June 2025, Venice

Confirmed speakers: Lydia Liu, Hannes Bajohr, Gianni Gastaldi, Leonardo Impett, Fabian Offert a.o.

Call for Papers: deadline April 1
unive.it/chat-token-vector

“The division of labor was never just about efficiency; it was also about control.” — @bentarnoff.com on AI and the history of anti-labor technologies

The labour theory of AI keeps on working and provoking...

The eye of Ben Tarnoff on the Eye of the Master (Verso Books) for the New York Review of Book.

www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

We are happy to announce a lecture held by Tommaso Guariento, post-doc researcher in the project ERC AImodels. Please note that the event will be in Italian and in-person, on Thursday 6th March 2025 at 5:30 pm, Aula 3 Rio Nuovo, Ca' Foscari University, Venice.

After German, Russian and Turkish, the Eye of the Master got translated also in Farsi! Italian, Greek, Portuguese and French editions coming soon.

@versobooks.bsky.social

www.iranketab.ir/book/155652-...

A convergence between AI & cryptography is necessary to break with AI as surveillance. The key metaphor is "tunneling": Cultivating many models & peer-to-peer training strategies, small models, encrypted models... How do we build this? How do we direct funds here?

www.e-flux.com/journal/151/...

032c published online my interview with the master of writing Shane Anderson - most delirious and most objective interview on AI ever.

032c.com/magazine/wha...