The following article is a translation of a text by American professor Benjamin Peters. Together with Slava Gerovich (also based in the U.S., but of Russian origin), he is one …
“A Cyborg Manifesto”: thirty years later
This text was first published in Cyborg no 2, in February 2015. More than 10 years ago. Why are we republishing it now? Because it still holds up. And because …
Hush, hush, time to be sleepin’ // Hush, hush, dreams come a-creepin’
Ancient Greek mythology (and possibly that of other cultures) wanted Sleep, father of Morpheus, to be the brother of Death and indeed his twin. What obviously unites the two brothers …
militarized biopolitics: a development that many would prefer to ignore (and professional demagogues take care to hide)
On April 8 of last year, the bipartisan “national security commission on emerging biotechnology” of the USA (NSCEB) issued a three-page report/guideline calling on the government to invest in a …
not the water!!!
At the recent Davos (which is steadily declining but still exists…) a “round table” discussion took place regarding the future of global water management – which, because it was provocative …
Realities from production line and experiences by order
As the Western perception has been shaped at this moment, any reference to artificial intelligence systems almost automatically refers to dialogical tools such as ChatGPT. These specific tools are categorized …
BabiesLab Ltd
The issue could be considered “stale.” Or not. Recently, in our parts, with reference to legislation for same-sex couples, male same-sex couples were accused as the ones primarily responsible for …
Predictive surveillance: prevention is the best treatment (for suppression)
It is not something new that surveillance always has predictive / preventive characteristics – and disciplinary characteristics. The state must supervise and know as much as possible about the individuals …
the defense of nature: resisting the financialization of the Earth
The following text can be read as a continuation of the one titled “life at the butcher’s counter“. With a different focus, they show the same thing: how the so-called …
engineering of everything: artificial wombs, super babies…
In a historical era when capitalist norms are expanding, sometimes “consensually” and sometimes violently, to control natural and social reproduction, with biotechnologies and governance in all their combinations, it would …
the eugenic dystopia of “artificial intelligence”
A few days ago, a relatively small Chinese company announced a new “large language model” (the official technical term for what is commonly referred to as “artificial intelligence”), which overturned …
life at the butcher’s counter
After years of confrontations and interstate disagreements, the majority of member states of the “assembly” of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (Convention on Biodiversity / COB) adopted [last November] …