Scybernethics

The Automatic Scientist – A Short-Circuit of Understanding

soto² — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:32:12 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> In May 2026, two simultaneous papers in Nature announced the arrival of the “automatic scientist” — multi-agent AI systems capable of formulating hypotheses, designing protocols, and analysing data with minimal human supervision. Co-Scientist (Google/Stanford) reproduced in days a hypothesis that had eluded human researchers for nearly a decade. Robin (FutureHouse) cut drug discovery time …

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On the Concept of Proletarianisation in the Age of AI

soto² — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:26:01 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> Abstract: This article traces the evolution of the concept of proletarianisation from its Marxist origins through Bernard Stiegler’s cognitive extension to its Scybernethical reformulation. We argue that proletarianisation is not merely economic exploitation but a fundamental anthropological process: the loss of knowledge — know-how and know-thinking — produced by the externalisation of human capacities …

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AI Machines & Recursivity

soto² — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:34:04 +0000

(Elaborated with the help of a LLM) Auto-research, Meta-harness, and the New Universal Grammar of Optimization From machines that speak to machines that do First there was the machine that speaks.The spectacle of a disembodied LLM voice, fluent and compliant, answering everything and nothing in the same tone. Now we have entered the age of …

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Inventing Scybernethics: A Lived Narrative of Individuation, Enactive Rationality, and Technological Hermeneutics

soto² — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 05:22:59 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> (Elaborated with the help of a LLM) Introduction The concept of invention is traditionally interpreted as the act of bringing forth something new—be it a tool, theory, system, or paradigm. However, within the deep waters of contemporary philosophy of individuation, and especially through the lens of Gilbert Simondon, invention is recast as a process …

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Scybernethics: Blueprints for Collective Autonomy and Digital Democracy

soto² — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:14:44 +0000

(Elaborated with the help of a LLM) Watt centrifugal regulator (“governor”, cf. etymology of “cybernetics”by A-M Ampère, 1843) °°°°~x§x-<@> Introduction The assertion that Scybernethics offers the specifications—the design patterns—for the digital tools and reflexive practices necessary for modern society to sustain its collective autonomy against forces of control and cognitive dependency can be explained and …

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Power, Care and Democratic Enaction – A Scybernethics Proposal

soto² — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:39:51 +0000

(Elaborated with the help of a LLM) °°°°~x§x-<@> Introduction In the face of today’s multi-scalar crises—social, ecological, epistemic—the urgent call for interdisciplinary dialogue is clearer than ever. The conference “Power and Care: Enactive Approaches and Critical Social Philosophy,” (27th-31st May 2026, convened by Mind & Life Europe and hosted by Universitat Pompeu Fabra), signals precisely …

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AI, Vulnerability, and Human Relationships

soto² — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 06:40:17 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> Executive Summary The content of this article was generated with the help of a LLM (NotebookLM) from the analysis of the videos, so please check the sources for a more accurate analysis. This document synthesizes the core themes, arguments, and conclusions from the Mind & Life Institute’s “Minds, Artificial Intelligence, and Ethics” dialogue (10/2025). …

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AI, Enactment, and Democratic Self-Governance

soto² — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:09:25 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> Introduction The application of new AI technologies, such as Large Language Models (LLMs) and machine learning (ML), to strengthen democracy must be carefully scrutinized through the lens of Ezequiel Di Paolo’s enactive philosophy and Barbara Stiegler’s critique of expertocracy, as these thinkers challenge the foundational computational and elitist assumptions often underlying such technologies. Based …

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Epistemology of Modeling, Cognition, and Self-Understanding

soto² — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 09:14:02 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> Abstract: This article discuss the epistemology of modeling and simulations, positioning them not merely as descriptive tools, but as crucial heuristic devices and active epistemological practices central to developing a comprehensive, enacted approach to cognition and self-understanding. This focus is situated within the larger framework of Second-Order Rationality² and the integration of first-person (1P) …

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Your Mind Isn’t What You Think It Is: 4 Revelations from the Frontiers of Cognitive Science

soto² — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 06:03:54 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> For a long time, the dominant metaphor for the mind has been that of a computer—a complex information processor housed inside the skull, receiving inputs from the senses and producing behavioral outputs. This image of a “brain in a vat” has shaped not only science fiction but also much of our everyday thinking about …

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