Post AX9Kv2zmLd6PAXKxNI by jose_eduardo@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AX9Kv1uQO3E1ndpAOG by elotroalex@hcommons.social
       2023-06-27T16:13:57Z
       
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       My response to Lisa Siraganian "On Accidental and Parasitic Language" on the Critical Inquiry forum is up. Her position statement is clear and inviting. I disagree with her. I do regret the bit of overconfidence and snark in my answer. It comes from a mix of respect + joy. Promise. I'll see myself to the door if y'all think I'm being disrespectful. https://critinq.wordpress.com/2023/06/26/on-accidental-and-parasitic-language/
       
 (DIR) Post #AX9Kv2zmLd6PAXKxNI by jose_eduardo@mastodon.social
       2023-06-27T20:04:53Z
       
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       @elotroalex  I see no disrespect. Plus, I agree that there is a collapse between language and communicationin her position-- but that was also present in the original "Against Theory" text, so nothing new there.
       
 (DIR) Post #AX9Kv3vCu72W2eCot6 by elotroalex@hcommons.social
       2023-06-27T21:22:02Z
       
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       @jose_eduardo that is a relief to hear. I don't most of these people. I'll reserve all my snark and overconfidence for @TedUnderwood. He can take it
       
 (DIR) Post #AX9Kv4XUblfFxO7OYy by jose_eduardo@mastodon.social
       2023-06-27T22:06:43Z
       
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       @elotroalex @TedUnderwood yes, especially because we know he will answer your snark with tweets full of  intentionless meaning. Too bad he abandoned Mastodon. We still have his tweets though, produced by the mechanical operation of the waves on the metaphorical Mastodon sand.
       
 (DIR) Post #AX9Kv5Tz6IS6snU6jY by TedUnderwood@sigmoid.social
       2023-06-28T12:08:50Z
       
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       @jose_eduardo @elotroalex Okay, okay — I’ll engage the CI thing on Mastodon! Probably better venue for this anyway. I’m only lured back to Twitter because the tech industry didn’t leave.
       
 (DIR) Post #AX9ipEgiMOqcaxBK1Q by jose_eduardo@mastodon.social
       2023-06-28T16:36:39Z
       
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       @TedUnderwood @elotroalex  Let's begin by acknowledging that reading "Against Theory" in relation to LLMs feels anachronistic.I am sure Michaels is happy we are paying attention to that text again, but the fact is that it was written as an attack at the deManian "undecidability" of the txt, as a conservative desire to go back to belief and intention, a reaction to the fear of a postmodern world view (the 80s/90s) taking over.