BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news114@english.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20181029T120832 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20181116T180000 SUMMARY:Machine Patterning and Alien Imagination: Guest Lecture and Worksho p with Dr. Luciana Parisi DESCRIPTION:Guest Lecture: Machine Patterning and Alien Imagination\\r\\n6 –8 pm\, Grosser Hörsaal\, Department of English\, Nadelberg 6\, Basel \\r\\nIf the image of the future has already been colonized by the inevita bility of a planetary automation or by the Singularity\, is it at all poss ible to re-introduce alienness in the current figuration of a master patte rn that knows it all? As neural nets experiment with predictive learning\, they also evolve machine percepts and concepts. These are not of an optic al nature\, but are exclusively algorithmic. The growth of the network\, h owever\, is never given\, but is conditioned by the indeterminacy of trial and error in the effort to predict what has not yet been programmed – k nown or thought – from within the system. This dynamic mode of machine l earning algorithms can be taken as a starting point to defy the transcende ntal schema of neural networks. The neural schema of machine vision algori thms can be  re-articulated in terms of a transcendental imagination that challenges from within the cybernetic model of a servo-mechanic\, mindles s system of decision making. The talk will address the consequences of mac hine imagination for a re-theorization of the instrumental vision of techn ology. \\r\\nDownload the flyer [t3://file?uid=328]\\r\\nWorkshop: Machin e Imagination\\r\\n9.30 am–1pm\, 4–6 pm\, Room 13\, Department of English\, Nadelberg 6\, Basel\\r\\nThe first part of this workshop led by Dr. Parisi serves as a forum to discuss her recent interventions in the ph ilosophy and theory of computation\, with a particular emphasis on the cha llenges to and mutations of epistemology in relation to machine thinking. In order to facilitate discussion\, participants will read a recent and a forthcoming article on the topic prior to the meeting.\\r\\nThe second par t of the workshop is dedicated to the participants’ research projects: p articipants will have the opportunity briefly to introduce their current r esearch project in order to receive feedback from both Dr. Parisi and thei r peers.\\r\\nTo register for this workshop\, please send an e-mail to rid van.askin@unibas.ch [mailto:ridvan.askin@unibas.ch]. Places will be alloca ted on a first-come\, first-served basis.  \\r\\nDownload the flyer [t3: //file?uid=327]\\r\\nLuciana Parisi researches the philosophical consequen ces of technology in culture\, aesthetics and politics. She is a Reader in Critical and Cultural Theory at Goldsmiths\, University of London and co- director of the Digital Culture Unit. She is the author of Abstract Sex: P hilosophy\, Biotechnology and the Mutations of Desire (2004\, Continuum Pr ess) and Contagious Architecture: Computation\, Aesthetics and Space (2013 \, MIT Press). Currently\, she is writing on the history of automated reas on and the transformation of logical thinking in machines. \\r\\nVisit th e web page of the New Developments in Theory lecture series. X-ALT-DESC:

Guest Lecture: Machine Patterning and Alien Imagination

\n6–8 pm\, Grosser Hörsaal\, Department of English\, Nadelberg 6\, Ba sel\nIf the image of the future has already been colonized by the inevitab ility of a planetary automation or by the Singularity\, is it at all possi ble to re-introduce alienness in the current figuration of a master patter n that knows it all? As neural nets experiment with predictive learning\, they also evolve machine percepts and concepts. These are not of an optica l nature\, but are exclusively algorithmic. The growth of the network\, ho wever\, is never given\, but is conditioned by the indeterminacy of trial and error in the effort to predict what has not yet been programmed – kn own or thought – from within the system. This dynamic mode of machine le arning algorithms can be taken as a starting point to defy the transcenden tal schema of neural networks. The neural schema of machine vision algorit hms can be \; re-articulated in terms of a transcendental imagination that challenges from within the cybernetic model of a servo-mechanic\, min dless system of decision making. The talk will address the consequences of machine imagination for a re-theorization of the instrumental vision of t echnology. \;\nDownload the flyer\n

Workshop: Machine Imagination

\n9.30 am–1pm\, 4–6 pm\, Room 13\, Departm ent of English\, Nadelberg 6\, Basel\nThe first part of this workshop led by Dr. Parisi serves as a forum to discuss her recent interventions in the philosophy and theory of computation\, with a particular emphasis on the challenges to and mutations of epistemology in relation to machine thinkin g. In order to facilitate discussion\, participants will read a recent and a forthcoming article on the topic prior to the meeting.\nThe second part of the workshop is dedicated to the participants’ research projects: pa rticipants will have the opportunity briefly to introduce their current re search project in order to receive feedback from both Dr. Parisi and their peers.\nTo register for this workshop\, please send an e-mail to ridvan.askin@unibas.ch. Places will be allocated o n a first-come\, first-served basis. \; \;\nD ownload the flyer\nLuciana Parisi researches the philosophical consequences of technology in culture\, aesthetics and politics. She is a Reader in Critical and Cultural Theory at Goldsmiths\, University of Londo n and co-director of the Digital Culture Unit. She is the author of Abs tract Sex: Philosophy\, Biotechnology and the Mutations of Desire (200 4\, Continuum Press) and Contagious Architecture: Computation\, Aesthet ics and Space (2013\, MIT Press). Currently\, she is writing on the hi story of automated reason and the transformation of logical thinking in ma chines. \;\nVisit the web page of the New Developments in Theory lecture series . DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20181116T200000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR