#Summa Technologiae

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It is often said that the separation of the present reality from transcendence, so commonplace today, is pernicious in that it undermines the universe of fixed values. Because life on Earth is the only thing that exists, because it is only in this life that we can seek fulfillment, the only kind of happiness that can be offered to us is purely carnal. Heavens have not revealed anything to us; there are no signs that would indicate the need to devote ourselves to some higher, nonmaterial goals. [...] Our own body, with its youth, is the last remaining god on the ever-emptying altars; no one else needs to be obeyed and served.

Stanisław Lem, Summa Technologiae

#reality #virtual #transcendence #happiness #pleasure #self #world #quotes #Lem #Stanisław Lem #Summa Technologiae

[noosphe-re]

Stanisław Lem, Summa Technologiae (1964) with an actualized cover illustration by Daniel Mróz from the edition of 1974 (https://summatechnologiae.e-flux.com/?seminar=mathematics)

#book cover #cover design #Summa Technologiae #Stanisław Lem #Daniel Mróz #Stanislaw Lem #Daniel Mroz #technology #scifi #science #futurism #art

[hexjulia]

proposition to stop calling it AI and start calling it Intellectronics as Stanislaw Lem intended. it sounds so much cuter. intellectronics is a fun word like automaton.

#ooooo the intellectronics of it all #im reading summa technologiae if you couldn't tell.

[nem0c]

In principle, any complex system can be regulated. Yet neither the methods used nor their consequences will necessarily find acceptance among the regulated if this regulated entity is society. If a system such as the capitalist one has a tendency to fall into self-induced oscillations, a.k.a. economic upturns and downturns, the regulator may decide to perform maneuvers that will meet with some strong objections if it wants to eliminate these oscillations. We can easily imagine the reaction of the owners of Stafford Beer's 'homeostatic steel mill' if its 'brain' were to decide that, to maintain homeostasis, it is necessary to nationalise the means of production or at least to reduce profits by half[...] A regulator can only choose between various states of the system that can be actualised...If certain parameters are 'untouchable' - such as, for example, private ownership - then the choice of possible maneuvers is reduced, which can lead to a situation in which the only way to maintain 'stability' within the system is by using force. We have placed stability in quotations because we are talking about the stability of a collapsing building, held together by iron clamps. In trying to contain self-induced oscillations of a system by force, one is abandoning the principle of homeostasis, since the system's self-organisation is replaced with violence. This is how historical forms of power, such as tyranny, absolutism, fascism, and so on, came about.

Stanislaw Lem, Summa Technologiae, Cybernetics and Sociology

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[aioleis]

The Gnostic Machine: Artificial Intelligence in Stanislaw Lem's Summa Technologiae --- By Bogna Konior | Read >

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How the philosophy of sci-fi legend Stanislaw Lem can help us understand AI | Big Think

Solaris (1972) film poster / Binder / ullstein bild / Getty Images / Big Think Step back from the AI maelstrom and explore Lem’s “Summa Technologiae” for a detached look at technology’s role in human evolution. Source: How the philosophy of sci-fi legend Stanislaw Lem can help us understand AI His Sci–Fi novels kept my attention throughout my teen years and even earned me some brownie points with…

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#AI #AllSeeingEye #Anthropocentrism #Consciousness #EN #EthicalAIDevelopment #Ethics #god #humanevolution #NonHumanIntelligence #ScienceFiction #Solaris #StanislawLem #SummaTechnologieae

[cat--and--books]

26-1-2024: This year 2024 we have two significant 60th anniversaries in the history of modern philosophy, namely:

The 1st publication of One-dimensional Man by Herbert Marcuse (1964), and

The 1st publication of Summa Technologiae by Stanislaw Lem (1964).

To both of these two important books I'm going to post some further remarks somewhat later this year; (before that, however, I've got some reviews of other books in preparation...) -------------------- Keywords (Tags):

#60th anniversary #modern philosophy #booklr #book nerd #book blog #booksbooksbooks #booklover #bookworm #herbert marcuse #stanislaw lem #20th century #philosophy of science #social philosophy #technology #futurism #social critique #philosophical inquiry #philosophy

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Live: Mittagspause

Bähhh… Turkey Jerky schmeckt vegan 🙁 Aber eigentlich wollte ich fragen, ob jemand von Stanisław Lem “Summa technologiae” und/oder “Philosophie des Zufalls” als PDF (zum Vorlesen lassen) hat. Ich leide an Leerlauf im Kopf 😁. Habe sogar meine eigenen BEM-Plan für Oktober schon fertig. Audible hat mich erstmal wieder für das Zurückgeben gesperrt. Meine damit Bücher, die ich nach 30 min lösche,…

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#stanislaw lem #summa technologiae #book #illustration #scifi

[hicapacity]

Alkotóereje, problémamegoldó képessége hullámzásait az ember maga is nehezen ismeri fel.

Megtanultam, hogy ilyenkor egy tesztet alkalmazzak: elolvasom tulajdon munkáimat, azokat, amelyeket a legjobbaknak tartok. Ha botlást, hézagot veszek észre bennük, ha úgy látom jobban is megcsinálhattam volna, akkor a próba eredménye pozitív. De ha némi csodálattal olvasom saját szövegem, akkor baj van. (Stanisław Lem: Summa technologiae) Így bizony.

#stanisław lem #summa technologiae #© #cmintcapa

[ayanos-pl]

NADAWCA means sender in Polish.

NADAWCA はポーランド語で「差出人」の意味だから合ってる。

じゃーん！　ポーランドから国際郵便物が届きました。

NADAWCAはこんなひとでした。差出人名はトマシュ・レム氏になっていますが、レム本棚コンテスト含む事務方は秘書のヴォイチェフ・ゼメク氏が担当しており、とても親切丁寧に対応していただきました。感謝しております。

中身はスタニスワフ・レム本棚コンテスト入賞の賞品のレムＴシャツ（dwojakは『航星日記』第二十一回の旅に登場する。深見訳では双胴体人、関口訳ではデュエッタント）とおまけのレム・ピンバッジ（かわいい）

それとレム新刊書3冊。Boli tylko, gdy się śmieję...はレムと詩人エヴァ・リプスカとレムの息子トマシュ・レムの書簡・会話集、Diabeł i arcydziełoは70年代から2000年代に書かれた様々なテーマのエッセイ集、Summa technologiaeは科学技術に関するエッセイの新装版。

#Stanislaw Lem #Stanisław Lem #przesyłka #paczka #książki #books #T-shirt #koszulka #スタニスワフ・レム #sf

[thirdity]

We furnish our lives ever more comfortably; we build ever more beautiful buildings; we invent ever more ephemeral trends, dances, one-season stars; we enjoy ourselves. Entertainment derived from a nineteenth-century funfair is today becoming an industry underpinned by an ever more perfect technology. We are celebrating a cult of machines — which are replacing us at work, in the kitchen, in the field — as if we were pursuing the idealized ambiance of the royal court (with its bustling yet idle courtiers) and wished to extend it across the whole world. [...] At the same time, a feeling of emptiness, superficiality, and sham sets in, one that is particularly dominant in civilizations that have left the majority of primitive troubles, such as hunger and poverty, behind them.

Stanisław Lem, Summa Technologiae

#entertainment #consumerism #machines #technology #meaning #purpose #quotes #Lem #Stanisław Lem #Summa Technologiae

[noosphe-re]

#cover design #book #scifi #science fiction #summa technologiae #Stanislaw Lem #book cover

[hexjulia]

tagged by @en-theos Last song: Plinth - 51° 43'.23 N 05° 40'.10 W by Plinth or Avalache by Leonard Cohen? i don't know. it was yesterday.

Favourite colour: genuinely don't have one. But I'll say blue for obvious reasons, or well. obvious enough if you're aware.

Last movie/show: dungeon meshi like literally every single person on this site

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Relationship status: :(

Last thing I googled: 'summa technologiae lem'

Current obsessions: I've been remarkably obsession free the past month or so. I enjoyed learning more about seaweed but i wouldn't call it an obsession. And i loved Annihilation (book) and dunmeshi but yeah, if you've ever encountered me while i was obsessed with something you'd know this is nothing. Actually it's kind of annoying! Having a lot of ideas and no driving singular interest to guide it. A mess!

tagging @bill-blake-fans-anonymous @oleworm @girlmaturin @elucubrare

[nem0c]

Why am I speaking about this? Cybernetics today is haunted by the medieval myth of the homunculus, an an artificially created intelligent being. The dispute about the possibility of creating an artificial brain that would show the characteristics of a human mind has frequently engaged philosophers and cyberneticists. But it is a pointless dispute. 'Is it possible to transform mercury into gold?' we ask a nucleonic physicist. 'Yes,' he says, 'but we are not really working on it. This kind of transmutation is not important to us and does not influence the direction of our work.' 'Will it be possible to construct an artificial brain that will be an indistinguishable copy of a living brain one day?' 'Most certainly it is, but no one is going to do it.'

Stanislaw Lem, Summa Technologiae

[aioleis]

How the philosophy of sci-fi legend Stanislaw Lem can help us understand AI 

Step back from the AI maelstrom and explore Lem’s "Summa Technologiae" for a detached look at technology’s role in human evolution.

--Multiple AI companies christened their products after Lem’s 1961 sci-fi classic, Solaris.  --In Lem’s Summa Technologiae we find hypotheses on the nature of technology and how it mediates human knowledge and evolution. --Lem is a formidable technology theorist whose work aligns with contemporary media theory.

By Bogna Konior for BigThink

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