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After Kristallnacht in 1938, for instance, a delegation from the Australian Aborigines League wrote a protest letter condemning “the cruel persecution of the Jewish people by the Nazi Government of Germany”20 and, in a little-known historical chapter, hand-delivered it to the German consulate in Melbourne (the consulate refused to accept it). This was well before Western governments were willing to confront Hitler; yet these Indigenous leaders, who were still fighting for basic rights of their own, clearly saw the gravity of the threat.
Neural networks “work” because they build on the data-driven management techniques already developed to expropriate and control workers — their output is sufficient for accomplishing that aim (and not because it produces “truth”).
Fake Totalities
Rob Horning
From this assumption follows the idea that generative models will lend support to a VR-helmeted future in which no one wants or needs to share the same ground truths, as well as the benighted prediction that the future of entertainment will be in completely individualized content, a kind of benevolent *Truman Show* delusion for everyone.
Practico-Inertia
Rob Horning
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