ERC AImodels

ERC AImodels Advancing the historical epistemology of Artificial Intelligence

Next week, Matteo Pasquinelli and Tommaso Guariento will be presenting a talk titled ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜™๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด: ๐˜–๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ...
21/05/2026

Next week, Matteo Pasquinelli and Tommaso Guariento will be presenting a talk titled ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜™๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด: ๐˜–๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ at the conference ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Œ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ, hosted by the University of the Bologna.

Don't miss them at the panel on Semiotics and AI:

๐Ÿ“… 27 May 2026
๐Ÿ•™ 4:30โ€“6:30 pm
๐Ÿ“ Salone Marescotti (palazzo Marescotti) - Department of the Arts, Via Barberia 4, Bologna

๐—™๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ: https://eventi.unibo.it/conference-umberto-eco-2026

Poster from the conference website

Next week, the ERC project AIMODELS will host the launch of e-flux issue 162, ๐˜–๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ: ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ....
30/04/2026

Next week, the ERC project AIMODELS will host the launch of e-flux issue 162, ๐˜–๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ: ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

๐Ÿ“… 5 May 2026
๐Ÿ•™ 4:30โ€“6:00 pm
๐Ÿ“ Aula Mario Baratto, Dorsoduro 3246, Venezia

Responding to the intensification of โ€œmilitary operationsโ€ in Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran, this special issue of e-flux journal advocates for a return to a materialist genealogy of โ€œoperativismโ€โ€”a concept that spans labor politics and scientific management throughout the twentieth century, from the Soviet avant-gardes to postwar cybernetics to modern warfare and the multiple interpretations of Harun Farockiโ€™s โ€œoperational images.โ€

[From the Editorial by Matteo Pasquinelli and Elena Vogman]

With:

๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ, Caโ€™ Foscari University,
ERC project AIMODELS

๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป, Bauhaus University Weimar, e-flux journal

๐—ข๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ถ ๐—ž๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ธ๐˜†๐—ถ, eikones, University of Basel

๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜, curator of the Czech and Slovak Pavilion of the Venice Biennale, e-flux journal

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ, curator of the Spanish Pavilion of the Venice Biennale

๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฐ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜€๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜†, ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜...
19/03/2026

๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฐ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜€๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜†, ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜†

๐Ÿ“… 20 March 2026
๐Ÿ•™ 12:15 - 13:45
๐Ÿ“ Polo didattico San Basilio, Aula 2L (Magazzino 4) Dorsoduro, Salizada S. Basegio, Venezia.

Tomorrow, the ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ course will host Carles Guerra, curator of the Spanish Pavilion at the 61st Biennale di Venezia.

The lecture will feature a presentation of archival materials on the work of Francesc Tosquelles and the tradition of institutional psychotherapy, followed by a discussion with students.

The talk will be in English.

[ENG below]Questa settimana, Bernardo Paci presenterร  la sua nuova monografia ๐˜ˆ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜’๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ...
09/03/2026

[ENG below]

Questa settimana, Bernardo Paci presenterร  la sua nuova monografia ๐˜ˆ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜’๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ, in cui traccia le origini della divisione del lavoro cognitivo nella dominazione coloniale delle popolazioni indigene americane.

๐Ÿ“… 12/03/2026
๐Ÿ•™ 15:45
๐Ÿ“ Aula Mazzariol (III piano), Malcanton Marcorร , Dorsoduro 3484/D, Venezia

Ne discuteranno con lโ€™autore Matteo Benussi, Valentina Bonifacio e Mattia Brancato. Lโ€™evento si terrร  in italiano.

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This week Bernardo Paci will present his new monograph ๐˜ˆ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜’๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ, in which he traces the origins of the division of cognitive labor to the colonial domination of Indigenous populations in the Americas.

๐Ÿ“… 12 March 2026
๐Ÿ•™ 15:45
๐Ÿ“Aula Mazzariol (3rd floor), Malcanton Marcorร , Dorsoduro 3484/D, Venice

Matteo Benussi, Valentina Bonifacio, and Mattia Brancato will discuss the book with the author. The event will be held in Italian.

๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ: ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐Ÿ“… Martedรฌ 6 marzo๐Ÿ•™ 12:15๐Ÿ“ Aula 2L Polo didattico San Basilio - Tesa 4 Dors...
03/03/2026

๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ: ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ

๐Ÿ“… Martedรฌ 6 marzo
๐Ÿ•™ 12:15
๐Ÿ“ Aula 2L Polo didattico San Basilio - Tesa 4 Dorsoduro, Salizada S. Basegio, Venezia

[ENG Below]

Questa settimana, il corso di ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ tenuto da Matteo Pasquinelli a Ca' Foscari ospiterร  Franco Basaglia, nipote dell'omonimo psichiatra e curatore dell'archivio Basaglia.

La lezione si concentrerร  sulla proiezione di materiali dโ€™archivio e discussione con studenti e studentesse sul percorso di Franco Basaglia, dalla formazione filosofica alle pratiche psichiatriche.

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This week, the ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ course taught by Matteo Pasquinelli at Ca' Foscari University of Venice will host Franco Basaglia, nephew of the psychiatrist of the same name and curator of the Basaglia Archive.

The lecture will focus on the screening of archival materials and a discussion with students on Franco Basagliaโ€™s trajectory, from his philosophical training to his psychiatric practice.

For the next session of our seminar series ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—œ, Mathieu Corteel will present his new book ๐˜•๐˜ช ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช ...
28/02/2026

For the next session of our seminar series ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—œ, Mathieu Corteel will present his new book ๐˜•๐˜ช ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช ๐˜๐˜ˆ. ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญโ€™๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ (La Dรฉcouverte, Paris: 2025), in conversation with Giovanni Fava and Tommaso Guariento from the AIMODELS team.

The event will be held in English and will take place both online and in person.

๐Ÿ“… Date: Tuesday, 3rd March
๐Ÿ•™ Time: 16.00โ€“18.00 (Rome time)

๐Ÿ“ In person:
Caโ€™ Foscari University โ€” Aula Valent, 4th floor, Malcanton-Marcorร 
Dorsoduro 3484/D, Venice

๐Ÿ’ป Remote:
Gmeet link: meet.google.com/ihf-entv-jit

We look forward to seeing you there!

Monday Colloquium | IFP๐Ÿ“ Nehru Room๐Ÿ—“ 24 February 2026โฐ 3:00โ€“4:00pmOn Tuesday, 24 February, Lorenzo De Lellis will give a...
18/02/2026

Monday Colloquium | IFP

๐Ÿ“ Nehru Room
๐Ÿ—“ 24 February 2026
โฐ 3:00โ€“4:00pm

On Tuesday, 24 February, Lorenzo De Lellis will give a talk at the French Institute of Pondicherry titled ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ: ๐˜–๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข.

The lecture explores how Indiaโ€™s long-standing BPO and IT-enabled services sectors have laid the foundations for todayโ€™s AI data labeling and model training work. By tracing the continuity between call centers, platform-based labor and outsourcing infrastructures, it will offer a historical perspective on the evolution of digital labor in India.

The AIMODELS team is about to expand once again, as the call for ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ is now open!The ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ f...
24/01/2026

The AIMODELS team is about to expand once again, as the call for ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ is now open!

The ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ for applications is ๐Ÿฎ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฝ๐—บ ๐—–๐—˜๐—ง, and the expected starting date for both positions is around 1 March 2026.

The ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ is associated with a research project investigating the role of the paradigms of intellectual disability and language pathology in the history of AI. Bringing together disability studies, translation studies, philosophy of language, and critical AI research, the project explores how notions of normalcy, ability, and intelligence have informed the design and evaluation of language technologies, including current Large Language Models.

The ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ is linked to a research project that investigates the history of AI and deep learning through an interdisciplinary and critical approach, examining the evolution of the statistical techniques at the core of AI and how they have shaped paradigms of the mind across disciplines. Drawing on methods from historical epistemology and ethnography, the project traces the circulation of ideas between computer science, statistics, psychology, and neuroscience, with particular attention to the Free Energy Principle and related constructs.

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ: https://pric.unive.it/projects/team

Our symposyum ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™ก๐™™ ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™œ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™ข: ๐™†๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™š๐™™๐™œ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‹๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™‚๐™ก๐™ค๐™—๐™–๐™ก ๐™Š๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ง, organised in collaboration with the Cent...
22/01/2026

Our symposyum ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™ก๐™™ ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™œ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™ข: ๐™†๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™š๐™™๐™œ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‹๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™‚๐™ก๐™ค๐™—๐™–๐™ก ๐™Š๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ง, organised in collaboration with the Centre of Critical Theory and Politics (CCTP) at Ca' Foscari University, will take place in less than two weeks!

The ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ is now online: www.unive.it/worldalgorithm

๐Ÿ“†2-3 February 2026
๐Ÿ“Trentin Hall, Sestiere Dorsoduro, 3859a, 30125 Venezia VE, Italia

๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€: Grรฉgoire Chamayou, Ben Tarnoff, Moira Weigel, Cรฉdric Durand and Cecilia Rikap.

The symposium will examine why and how the current economic and geopolitical crisis has unfolded, focusing on the role of technological monopolies and in particular AI in a global scenario marked by trends of de-industrialisation and stagnation. On one level, we have witnessed the rise of global monopolies of knowledge extractivism and AI that threaten labour market, democratic order, and geopolitical equilibria between East and West.

On another level, however, it is necessary to interrogate whether these new technological monopolies (including AI) contribute to a crisis of valorisation rather than to productivity. Seeking an exit from the crisis, Silicon Valley companies have forged new alliances with authoritarian politics and have even enlisted AI models as battlegrounds of new cultural wars โ€” a stark contradiction of their liberal rhetoric of the 1990s. The vector of the crisis appears increasingly politicised. Ultimately, the rise of authoritarian politics in Silicon Valley and beyond calls into question the narrative of neoliberalism as a liberation from the political

๐—”๐—œ๐— ๐—ข๐——๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎTomorrow afternoon, Matteo Pasquinelli will give a lecture at Duke Kunshan University, in Chinaโ€™s Jiang...
14/01/2026

๐—”๐—œ๐— ๐—ข๐——๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ

Tomorrow afternoon, Matteo Pasquinelli will give a lecture at Duke Kunshan University, in Chinaโ€™s Jiangsu province. Drawing on our research teamโ€™s perspective, which understands AI as a technology intended to formalize the intelligence of the division of labour and social organization rather than to imitate biological intelligence, the lecture will further investigate the notions of ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด-๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜บ and ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด-๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ developed by the Chinese philosopher Wang Hui. The dialogue between these perspectives can help clarify how AI reshapes social organization today and enable thinking across Chinese and Western approaches to AI.

๐Ÿ“๐——๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—•๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ
๐Ÿ••๐Ÿฒ ๐—ฝ๐—บ - ๐Ÿณ.๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฝ๐—บ ๐—–๐—ฆ๐—ง

AI models have left their infancy as techniques of pattern recognition and, over the span of a decade, have become vast representations of entire cultural and

Indirizzo

Venice

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