Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
centaur.radardao.xyz
Saved by Keely Adler
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
In December of 2022, British contemporary artist Es Devlin installed a public sculpture in concert with the Endangered Language Alliance, “Your Voices,” outside of New York’s Lincoln Center. The work responds to anthropologist Wade Davis’s observation: “Every language is an old growth forest of the mind, a watershed of thought, an entire ecosystem ... See more
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
On another, we might peer into the machine itself. After all, as it stands today, one of AI’s greatest strengths is in highlighting its own weaknesses (and thereby, illuminating those qualities that we’re uniquely suited to as living, breathing thinkers and makers). We might consider our imagination a strength, or our capacity for recursive thought... See more
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
In a world where multiplayer mode is the norm, we transcend the traditional boundaries of collaboration, extending the concept far beyond gaming or professional teamwork to reshape the very fabric of society. Maybe then, they’ll start building statues of groups of people (and include our more-than-human co-conspirators, too)
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
As Brian Merchant argues in his book, Blood in the Machine , the rebellion was more nuanced than we realize, standing “not against technology per se but for the rights of workers above the inequitable profitability of machines.”
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
This is what abundant systems recognize. It’s not about the machines or the data, it’s about the humans. When we build abundantly, we ensure that everyone is taken care of, because that builds the best possible long-term future.
What strikes us, though, is the seemingly reactionary nature of this human-made movement, when it could, instead, represent a pivotal moment of re-evaluation.
In a world of very capable technological tools, what sits at the center of our identity if not our production? What might happen if we untethered our value from our outputs as a matter of cour... See more
In a world of very capable technological tools, what sits at the center of our identity if not our production? What might happen if we untethered our value from our outputs as a matter of cour... See more
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
What is the value of work in a world on the cusp of automation, and how will humans redefine their relationship with it?
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
Work isn’t valuable. People are. People can set a value on the work that is done, therefore, they are the most valuable piece of the equation. Work for the sake of work has no value.
In adopting this more fluid, relational perspective and opening our minds to viewing our more-than-human counterparts as kin rather than competition, our perspective on cooperation and collaboration shifts dramatically — or, to quote Making Kin with the Machines once more, allows us to “open up our imaginations and dream wildly and radically about ... See more
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
When we spoke with Ruby Justice Thelot, cyber-ethnographer and adjunct professor of design and media theory at NYU, he referenced his now-published piece co-written with Rue Yi for Folklore, The Balkanization & Babelification of the Internet, when he told us: “It’s wonderful as a culture, as a species, to share reality. But I think we’re approa... See more
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
As we grow accustomed to the empathetic nuances of AI companionship, our capacity for cross-species empathy may also deepen. AI-guided programs could facilitate animal-assisted therapy, integrate biophilic design into our living spaces, and help us interpret and respond to the needs and signals of the natural world.
Imagine a world where AI not only... See more
Imagine a world where AI not only... See more