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The Infinite Conversation: AI, Vaporwave, and Postmodern
Can machines lead an unending quest to explore the human mind?
“Digitalisation and the so-called Singularity — the moment when machines will allegedly become smarter than humans and humans will become dispensable — are imminent, and we should take them seriously.” — Slavoj Žižek,“The Singularity is a Marxist Idea”
An Ode to the Voices of Intellectuals
There is hardly anything more delightful than listening to a spontaneous exchange of ideas and observations free flowing between passionate thinkers. Especially if they are as profound, opinionated, and intriguing characters as Werner Herzog and Slavoj Žižek. What is it about their accents and eccentric word choices that captivate me so deeply? Perhaps it’s the nostalgia for my Slavic childhood and the emotional turmoil of my teenage years spent in a German-speaking country that pull me in.
The Fascination with AI-Generated Conversations
Curiously, the content of Herzog and Žižek’s conversation is rather secondary for me, but their ideas…
