Scybernethics

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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How to Use AI to Empower Democracy? (ChatGPT answer, POC)

soto² — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:11:49 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> Question How can we use PDP (Parallel Distributed Processing) AI / “machine learning” techs to strengthen democratic individual collective intelligence and counter the excessive self-destructive and convergent path (fascism) of global neoliberal capitalism ? ChatGPT answer Great — love this question. I’ll answer in three parts: (A) how the PDP/connectionist paradigm maps onto collective …

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Organology and Its Critiques: From Aristotle to Stiegler, Hui, and Rigon

soto² — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:00:38 +0000

°°°°~x§x-<@> Abstract This article explores the evolving concept of organology, tracing its philosophical journey from Aristotle’s foundational ideas through Bernard Stiegler’s general organology and Yuk Hui’s cosmotechnics, culminating in Christophe Rigon’s scybernethic critique of scientific “anthropo-functionalism.” By examining how each thinker redefines the relationship between biological, technical, and social organs, the article highlights the importance …

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