[HN Gopher] The evolution of what it means to be human
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       The evolution of what it means to be human
        
       Author : Brajeshwar
       Score  : 24 points
       Date   : 2023-07-15 04:32 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.noemamag.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.noemamag.com)
        
       | slowmovintarget wrote:
       | This essay doesn't actually say much, but it sure wraps itself in
       | much jargon.
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       | > "...what is called for is a theory of governance that
       | recognizes the promise while affirming the autonomy of humans,
       | albeit reconfigured through a new awareness, by striving to shape
       | what we now understand as anthropo-technogenesis."
        
         | blueflow wrote:
         | Many of the Noema articles are like that. I looked it up and
         | found that its made by the Berggruen Institute, a US-based
         | think tank, but i have no idea what their interests are. The
         | sprinkled-in jargon seems to be an aspect of self-promotion,
         | overdoing it to the extent that it starts to read like a poem
         | instead of having content.
        
           | the-printer wrote:
           | My guess is that their interests lie somewhere near the
           | advocacy of something like a techno-democracy. Where "tech"
           | is used dually to refer to "technocracy" in the traditional
           | sense and as alluded to in this article, "technology", as an
           | extension of government.
           | 
           | https://www.noemamag.com/approaching-the-infopocalypse/
           | 
           | https://www.noemamag.com/participation-at-scale-can-
           | repair-t...
           | 
           | An interesting NYT profile from last year on Nicolas
           | Berggruen:
           | 
           | https://archive.is/ScoBe
        
         | underlipton wrote:
         | Reading between the lines, it's basically advocating for not
         | (over)regulating AI. It's definitely dancing around its central
         | argument, yes.
        
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