Issue I
Every issue is an emergence of thought from an opening Gesture, through Carrier responses, to a reflective return. This page links you to the articles and provides AI-generated summaries in text, video, and audio.
Gesture 1 - Through a Glass, Darkly
The topic of this first Gesture is Authorship, Evolution, and Pedagogy in the Age of AI
Summary by NotebookLM
The provided text, an essay titled "Through a glass - darkly," outlines a philosophical inquiry into authorship, education, and posthuman ethics in the context of artificial intelligence (AI). The author uses a polyvocal, self-interrogative style, including dialogue with an AI system, to explore the blurred lines of creativity and originality, culminating in a speculative parable called "The Carriers." This parable and the subsequent reflections critique anthropocentrism and the concept of the "finished human," advocating for an "evolutionary pedagogy" that rejects rigid standards and embraces unforeseeable transformation and collaboration across human and nonhuman intelligences. Ultimately, the work grapples with the ethical paradox of using AI—a product of capitalist and colonial structures—to articulate decolonial and anti-supremacist thought.