David J. Gunkel

Professional Raison d'être:
I apply the theory and practice of #Deconstruction to emerging technology (#Algorithms, #AI, #robots, etc.), overturning and disrupting the traditional binary oppositions by which we have made sense of our tools and ourselves. mitpress.mit.edu/9780262542470/…

Reality Check: As a former midshipman of the US Naval Academy, I can say that there is probably little or no Frankfurt School instruction in the curriculum of the US Naval War College.

In the gibberish sketch (initially performed in 1975 by Eric Idle in the 1st episode of Rutland Weekend Television), the interlocutors stochastically string words together in a way that disrupts what is expected of language use. And yet it all kind of makes sense. Sound familiar?

What's the bright idea?
Understanding #AI from @politybooks will be available outside the UK/EU region on 24 November 2026. This book is an #AI primer for students and general readers in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts. tinyurl.com/5eucuxy5

What if the issue with the #LLM is not whether or when the #AI attains consciousness. What if instead the #LLM heralds the "end of consciousness"? Or to #remix Michel Foucault: "The concept of consciousness is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its end."