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Yes, we watch this perfect blend of man and machine, but we speak of the machine as though it were not of human origin, as though the machine, being born from science could—eventually, through its iterative processes—sublimate human flaws. The driver, being human, knows this is false. His intimacy with the machine is the necessary missing connection, and even if the machine were perfect, it was made for imperfect hands. But it is never perfect. The gaps in its perfection are where disasters transpire, but also miracles.
Behind F1's Velvet Curtain
Kate Wagner
It’s literally called impersonalism, as in the impersonalist understanding of value. Again, the key idea is that we are just means to an end. The only end is value, this abstract yet quantifiable concept that should be maximized to the physical cosmic limits. We matter only as the conduits through which this value can come into existence. That idea is integral to the TESCREAL movement.
Tech Capitalists Don’t Care About Humans. Literally.
jacobin.com
Notice how this mob shrieks with delight when it sees glimpses AI destroying both the employment and standards of taste of the educated middle class.
Big Tech's Class War Politics
John Ganz
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