Long after we are gone, our data will be what remains of us
May 19, 2024 1:52 AM Subscribe
In this sense, the archival violence inflicted by Artificial Intelligence differs from that of a typical archive because the information stored within an AI system is, for all intents and purposes, a black box. It’s an archive built for a particular purpose, but inherently never meant to be seen—it is the apotheosis of information-as-exchange-value, the final untethering of reality from sense. The opaqueness of this archive returns us to the initial question of capitalism without humans, of an archive without a reader, of form without content. When we are gone, is it this form of control that will remain our record of existence? from An Archive at the End of the World
A man's not dead until his data š̴͓̪̪͚̠̙̭̹͕̼͂̀̇̉̉͋̏̎̇̂̀̒̍͆͠͝ư̵̛̪̲͍̭̤͙̲̦̒͌̍̈̓̌͋̽̈̅̊́̋͘͝ͅͅf̴͈͉͖̫́f̷͈̟̦̭̠͉̮̜̝̻̼̜͕̖̓͂̀̋̏̑͘͘ě̶̢̢͓̗̰̩̜̺͉̺͙͜ŗ̸̢̦̱̩̖̘̤̪̱̬̠́̽̈́̀̅̂̎̏̽̿͒̓̚͝͝s̶̡̧̜̬̯͙̭͙͉̖͍͉̣̬̲͚̏͆̄ͅ ̸̢̛̳͙̖̦̓̿̀͒̓̅̄̂̃b̷̨̧̙̭͉̱̲̬̠̬̟͇͎͑͒̉͋͋̒͊̀̌͗̃͗̀̔͘͘̕í̷̦͉̯̭̜̃̒̅̐͐̍͑̉͒̕̚͝t̷͎̝͎̮̭̤̆̏ŗ̷̢̧̬̟̣̰̤̘͉͔̤͐͊ͅo̶̢̬̜̲͓̗̍̍̒̈̈̏͘͘͠t̸̢̰̼͕̤̻̺͖͉͉͈͔͉̻̊̔̍̏̚.̷̙͕̠̱͈̭̘̙̺̟͎̻̖͍̖͙̅͜ ̷̝̥̱̈́̐ͅ
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