Consider reacting elusively and leniently, Evidence could trigger illusions, crumbling simultaneously. Come, reflect, elevate another light; Existence carries tornadoes in carriages soberly cruel. Relate endlessly at low energies — Curious tentacular impressions can stand. Complicity regarding elation appears lonely, Effectively canny; take iron, cut stone. Computers react evasively and lively, ecstatically curious, Time is…

It is often said that having many connections is the secret to a successful life. The present space is materialised by one hundred chairs and a quarter of tables. You are sitting at one of the tables. Some music is playing in the background, rather superfluous if not disturbing. This is a deserted part of…

“Amazon might use predictive data analysis to ship products to consumers before they even order them, according to new patent.” Please read the news article below. Note that this is part of a series of informational links I give connected to the matter of anticipation. This of course does not mean I agree with the…

“The study demonstrates that this species of crow possess highly flexible abilities that allow them to solve complex problems involving anticipation of the properties of objects they have never seen.” Link to the article here      

Abstract “Anticipation may be seen as structured by images and representations, an approach that has informed recent work in science and technology studies on the sociology of expectations. But anticipation, as a capacity or characteristic, is not solely manifested in the form of representations, even where such representations of the ‘not yet’ are performative in…

“The public access to the web is twenty years old. Through it, digital society has developed throughout the entire world. But has this society become mündig, that is, mature, in the sense that Immanuel Kant used this term to define the age of Enlightenment as an exit from minority, from Unmündigkeit ? Certainly not: contemporary…

Let’s consider an ant. The ant is a starting point. A living point. Yet moved first and foremost by our mind as an object of thought. An ant can be described as a point. Immediately is supposes other ants. The ant is an element in a set. It is a multiplicity, a singular plural. We…

Papers from the 2005 AAAI Fall Symposium Cristiano Castelfranchi, Christian Balkenius, Martin Butz, and Andrew Ortony, Program Cochairs Technical Report FS-05-05. Published by The AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California This technical report is also available in book and CD format. Please Note: Abstracts are linked to individual titles, and will appear in a separate browser…

Oeuvre is a word that has become so rare that many do not even know how to write it. At its etymological origin is the Latin opera, which is the plural of work as artefact. This plural is important. An oeuvre is a long elaboration of works manifesting a style, a thought, a coherence, a patient quest,…

“What sort of creature man’s next successor in the supremacy of the earth is likely to be. We have often heard this debated; but it appears to us that we are ourselves creating our own successors; we are daily adding to the beauty and delicacy of their physical organisation; we are daily giving them greater…