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Yuk Hui Machine and Sovereignty Birkbeck 1 November 2024
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Philosopher of technology Yuk Hui introduces ideas from his new book developing political thought to address today's planetary crises. Talk held at Birkbeck, University of London 1 Nov 2024. Talk followed by dialogue with Joel McKim, Director of the Vasari Research Centre for Art and Technology. Yuk Hui, professor of philosophy at Erasmus University Rotterdam, returns to Birkbeck to speak about the ideas developed in his soon to be published book Machine and Sovereignty: For a Planetary Thinking (University of Minnesota Press, 2024). What is "planetary thinking" today? Arguing that a new approach is urgently needed, Yuk Hui develops a future-oriented mode of political thought that encompasses the unprecedented global challenges we are confronting: the rise of artificial intelligence, the ecological crisis, and intensifying geopolitical conflicts. Event sposored by the Vasari Reserch Centre for Art and Technology and the Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network (EHCN).
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