Professor - Northern Illinois University (USA). Award-winning author of the books The Machine Question, Robot Rights, Person-Thing-Robot, Of Remixology, and Deconstruction. https://gunkelweb.com
David Gunkel
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Read-through of "The Différance Engine" @mitpress.bsky.social manuscript continues. This nugget is from the third chapter, which is tasked with connecting the dots between the technical exigencies of #LLM #AI and Jacques Derrida's (non)concept of différance (previously defined in chapter two).
Diagram of the classically determined structure of the sign that sets-up the critique of logocentric metaphysics in the second chapter of "The Différance Engine" @mitpress.bsky.social
Another image from "The Différance Engine"
@mitpress.bsky.social. This one leverages Derrida's problematizing of the principle sign of (human) authenticity--the signature--that is developed in the final pages of "Signature Event Context."
Another teaser from "The Différance Engine" @mitpress.bsky.social. This one comes from chapter one--"Writing Machines." And is designed to tee-up the raison d'etre for bringing Derrida's (non)concept of différance into the current and seemingly irresolvable debate about #LLM #AI.
A German court has just provided this resolution to the "responsibility gap" in #AI assisted search. I expect that this is not the conclusion but the point at which the legal and regulatory debate actually begins. @wired.com
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Does Writing have a Future? / Hat Schreiben Zukunft?
Tomorrow (17 June) I will be providing one of the keynotes at the IDEepolis26 conference hosted by the Institut für Digitale Ethik (IDE) of the Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart. Featuring material from "Communicative AI" @politybooks.bsky.social.
"Does Writing have a Future?" - IDEepolis26, Institut für Digitale Ethik at Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart. And if you know your Flusser then you know that my title is a rip-off from his book. And that is because Flusser's question is newly relevant & urgent in the face of #LLM and #Generative #AI
David Gunkel
In today's campus mail.
Copies of the Korean translation of "Communicative AI: An Introduction to Large Language Models" from @Saenggakieum Books. @politybooks.bsky.social @coeckelbergh.bsky.social
Currently doing a reading and final check of the full manuscript for "The Différance Engine" @mitpress.bsky.social As a result, I can deposit a few teasers here:
More teasers from "The Différance Engine" @mitpress.bsky.social. The third chapter connects the dots between the technical architecture of the #LLM and Derrida's (non)concept of différance. And it begins (as it must) with Ferdinand de Saussure's innovations in structural linguistics.
David Gunkel
David Gunkel
The ruling holds that a company that designs, trains, operates, and manages an AI system must assume legal liability for any damages caused by the responses it generates.
