Matteo Pasquinelli
@mttpsq.bsky.social
Professor in philosophy of science
Ca' Foscari University Venice
matteopasquinelli.com
ERC project → unive.it/aimodels
Symposium → unive.it/chat-token-vector
Book → The Eye of the Master: A Social History of AI (Verso)
Winner Deutscher Prize 2024
Ca' Foscari University Venice
matteopasquinelli.com
ERC project → unive.it/aimodels
Symposium → unive.it/chat-token-vector
Book → The Eye of the Master: A Social History of AI (Verso)
Winner Deutscher Prize 2024
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‘Who’s Afraid of AI?’: U of T event asks what kind of AI future we want
The rapid advance of artificial intelligence has so far been met with a mix of optimism and fear – but relatively little insight into what this potentially smarter-than-us technology actually means fo...
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October 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Join us October 17 & 18 for the VLC Forum 2025: Matter of Intelligence, presented @thenewschool.bsky.social & online! The VLC Forum 2025 convenes interdisciplinary cultural thinkers around the subject of intelligence. Programming is free and open to the public www.veralistcenter.org/events/vlc-f...
October 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Join us October 17 & 18 for the VLC Forum 2025: Matter of Intelligence, presented @thenewschool.bsky.social & online! The VLC Forum 2025 convenes interdisciplinary cultural thinkers around the subject of intelligence. Programming is free and open to the public www.veralistcenter.org/events/vlc-f...
Dear all, I will embark on a tour of NYC, Washington, and Toronto btw October 14-27... landing first for the lecture at the Vera List Center. Drop a line if around!
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Vera List Center Forum 2025: Matter of Intelligence | Vera List Center
Oct 17–Oct 18, 2025
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September 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Dear all, I will embark on a tour of NYC, Washington, and Toronto btw October 14-27... landing first for the lecture at the Vera List Center. Drop a line if around!
www.veralistcenter.org/events/vlc-f...
www.veralistcenter.org/events/vlc-f...
Arabic translation of the Eye of the Master: A Social History of AI (Verso Books) out now thanks to Page Seven!
August 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Arabic translation of the Eye of the Master: A Social History of AI (Verso Books) out now thanks to Page Seven!
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"There exists a considerable misunderstanding about cybernetics' scientific aspirations. In reality, cybernetics was not a science but a school of engineering in drag."
- @mttpsq.bsky.social (from his fascinating book The Eye of the Master)
- @mttpsq.bsky.social (from his fascinating book The Eye of the Master)
July 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"There exists a considerable misunderstanding about cybernetics' scientific aspirations. In reality, cybernetics was not a science but a school of engineering in drag."
- @mttpsq.bsky.social (from his fascinating book The Eye of the Master)
- @mttpsq.bsky.social (from his fascinating book The Eye of the Master)
Estoy muy feliz de ver la traducción al español de mi libro @versobooks.bsky.social gracias al Fondo de Cultura Económica Chile
"El ojo del amo. Una historia social de la inteligencia artificial"
"El ojo del amo. Una historia social de la inteligencia artificial"
June 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Estoy muy feliz de ver la traducción al español de mi libro @versobooks.bsky.social gracias al Fondo de Cultura Económica Chile
"El ojo del amo. Una historia social de la inteligencia artificial"
"El ojo del amo. Una historia social de la inteligencia artificial"
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… quite enjoyed this conference ‘Chat Token Vector’ 🤖🧮↗️ … with @mttpsq.bsky.social, @hannesbajohr.de, @atg-dbp.bsky.social and many others.
June 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
… quite enjoyed this conference ‘Chat Token Vector’ 🤖🧮↗️ … with @mttpsq.bsky.social, @hannesbajohr.de, @atg-dbp.bsky.social and many others.
The final program of our symposium @erc-aimodels.bsky.social is out! Please share:
👉 unive.it/chat-token-vector
👉 unive.it/chat-token-vector
May 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The final program of our symposium @erc-aimodels.bsky.social is out! Please share:
👉 unive.it/chat-token-vector
👉 unive.it/chat-token-vector
Oggi a Venezia presentiamo la nuova edizione de Il Capitale alle ore 17 presso l'Aula Padoan dell'Università Ca' Foscari (campazzo San Sebastian, Dorsoduro 1686).
In dialogo con Roberto Fineschi, Giorgio Cesarale, Emanuele Lepore e Matteo Pasquinelli.
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In dialogo con Roberto Fineschi, Giorgio Cesarale, Emanuele Lepore e Matteo Pasquinelli.
www.einaudi.it/appuntamenti...
Roberto Fineschi, 23 maggio 2025, (h 17)
Roberto Fineschi, <strong>Venezia</strong> - Il curatore presenta la nuova edizione del libro I de <a href="https://www.einaudi.it/catalogo-libri/scienze-sociali/il-capitale-karl-marx-9788806253622/">...
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May 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Oggi a Venezia presentiamo la nuova edizione de Il Capitale alle ore 17 presso l'Aula Padoan dell'Università Ca' Foscari (campazzo San Sebastian, Dorsoduro 1686).
In dialogo con Roberto Fineschi, Giorgio Cesarale, Emanuele Lepore e Matteo Pasquinelli.
www.einaudi.it/appuntamenti...
In dialogo con Roberto Fineschi, Giorgio Cesarale, Emanuele Lepore e Matteo Pasquinelli.
www.einaudi.it/appuntamenti...
Cameo of Ca' Foscari for the New York Times trolling superintelligence fantasies...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/t...
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Silicon Valley’s Elusive Fantasy of a Computer as Smart as You
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May 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Cameo of Ca' Foscari for the New York Times trolling superintelligence fantasies...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/t...
In the Name of Efficiency, the Time of Monsters has Arrived
Ron Salaj for @versobooks.bsky.social
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Ron Salaj for @versobooks.bsky.social
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In the Name of Efficiency, the Time of Monsters has Arrived
The great promise of modernity has always been efficiency. From Charles Babbage’s dream of mechanical calculation to the algorithmic optimization of labor in today’s AI-driven workplaces, efficiency i...
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May 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
In the Name of Efficiency, the Time of Monsters has Arrived
Ron Salaj for @versobooks.bsky.social
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Ron Salaj for @versobooks.bsky.social
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Grazie @internazionale.it per recensire Nell'occhio dell'algoritmo in uscita il 16 maggio per Carocci traducendo il buon @bentarnoff.com @nybooks.com
Alla scoperta del lavoro dell’intelligenza artificiale
Ben Tarnoff
www.internazionale.it/magazine/ben...
Alla scoperta del lavoro dell’intelligenza artificiale
Ben Tarnoff
www.internazionale.it/magazine/ben...
Alla scoperta del lavoro dell’intelligenza artificiale
Il 2022 non era cominciato bene per l’industria tecnologica. Dopo una pandemia particolarmente redditizia, il settore aveva registrato una delle peggiori contrazioni di… Leggi
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April 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Grazie @internazionale.it per recensire Nell'occhio dell'algoritmo in uscita il 16 maggio per Carocci traducendo il buon @bentarnoff.com @nybooks.com
Alla scoperta del lavoro dell’intelligenza artificiale
Ben Tarnoff
www.internazionale.it/magazine/ben...
Alla scoperta del lavoro dell’intelligenza artificiale
Ben Tarnoff
www.internazionale.it/magazine/ben...
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Steam didn’t trigger the Industrial Revolution. The growing complexity of labour demanded steam.
Just like today, it's not AI that's changing work—it's work that's calling AI into being.
From #TheEyeOfTheMaster by @mttpsq.bsky.social
Just like today, it's not AI that's changing work—it's work that's calling AI into being.
From #TheEyeOfTheMaster by @mttpsq.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Steam didn’t trigger the Industrial Revolution. The growing complexity of labour demanded steam.
Just like today, it's not AI that's changing work—it's work that's calling AI into being.
From #TheEyeOfTheMaster by @mttpsq.bsky.social
Just like today, it's not AI that's changing work—it's work that's calling AI into being.
From #TheEyeOfTheMaster by @mttpsq.bsky.social
The list of speakers of our symposium Chat Token Vector is out!
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We received solid and dense papers. Prepare nootropics and see you June 11-13 in Venice.
Image: Joachim Becher, Pro notitia linguarum universali, 1661.
unive.it/chat-token-v...
We received solid and dense papers. Prepare nootropics and see you June 11-13 in Venice.
Image: Joachim Becher, Pro notitia linguarum universali, 1661.
April 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The list of speakers of our symposium Chat Token Vector is out!
unive.it/chat-token-v...
We received solid and dense papers. Prepare nootropics and see you June 11-13 in Venice.
Image: Joachim Becher, Pro notitia linguarum universali, 1661.
unive.it/chat-token-v...
We received solid and dense papers. Prepare nootropics and see you June 11-13 in Venice.
Image: Joachim Becher, Pro notitia linguarum universali, 1661.
Esce finalmente per Carocci l’edizione italiana di The Eye of the Master... quasi undici anni dopo il primo sketch del progetto (ho riscoperto una nota del 2014!).
Si offre copia gratuita a docenti. PM here.
Si offre copia gratuita a docenti. PM here.
April 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Esce finalmente per Carocci l’edizione italiana di The Eye of the Master... quasi undici anni dopo il primo sketch del progetto (ho riscoperto una nota del 2014!).
Si offre copia gratuita a docenti. PM here.
Si offre copia gratuita a docenti. PM here.
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CHAT TOKEN VECTOR
Questioning Models of Language and Neo-Structuralism in AI
11-13 June 2025, Venice
Confirmed speakers: Lydia Liu, Hannes Bajohr, Gianni Gastaldi, Leonardo Impett, Fabian Offert a.o.
Call for Papers: deadline April 1
unive.it/chat-token-vector
Questioning Models of Language and Neo-Structuralism in AI
11-13 June 2025, Venice
Confirmed speakers: Lydia Liu, Hannes Bajohr, Gianni Gastaldi, Leonardo Impett, Fabian Offert a.o.
Call for Papers: deadline April 1
unive.it/chat-token-vector
Chat Token Vector: Home
Chat Token Vector - Home
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March 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
CHAT TOKEN VECTOR
Questioning Models of Language and Neo-Structuralism in AI
11-13 June 2025, Venice
Confirmed speakers: Lydia Liu, Hannes Bajohr, Gianni Gastaldi, Leonardo Impett, Fabian Offert a.o.
Call for Papers: deadline April 1
unive.it/chat-token-vector
Questioning Models of Language and Neo-Structuralism in AI
11-13 June 2025, Venice
Confirmed speakers: Lydia Liu, Hannes Bajohr, Gianni Gastaldi, Leonardo Impett, Fabian Offert a.o.
Call for Papers: deadline April 1
unive.it/chat-token-vector
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“The division of labor was never just about efficiency; it was also about control.” — @bentarnoff.com on AI and the history of anti-labor technologies
The Labor Theory of AI | Ben Tarnoff
Artificial intelligence may be the first attempt to automate and discipline human labor that even its creators don’t fully comprehend.
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March 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
“The division of labor was never just about efficiency; it was also about control.” — @bentarnoff.com on AI and the history of anti-labor technologies
The labour theory of AI keeps on working and provoking...
The eye of Ben Tarnoff on the Eye of the Master (Verso Books) for the New York Review of Book.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The eye of Ben Tarnoff on the Eye of the Master (Verso Books) for the New York Review of Book.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Labor Theory of AI | Ben Tarnoff
Artificial intelligence may be the first attempt to automate and discipline human labor that even its creators don’t fully comprehend.
www.nybooks.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The labour theory of AI keeps on working and provoking...
The eye of Ben Tarnoff on the Eye of the Master (Verso Books) for the New York Review of Book.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The eye of Ben Tarnoff on the Eye of the Master (Verso Books) for the New York Review of Book.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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We are happy to announce a lecture held by Tommaso Guariento, post-doc researcher in the project ERC AImodels. Please note that the event will be in Italian and in-person, on Thursday 6th March 2025 at 5:30 pm, Aula 3 Rio Nuovo, Ca' Foscari University, Venice.
March 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We are happy to announce a lecture held by Tommaso Guariento, post-doc researcher in the project ERC AImodels. Please note that the event will be in Italian and in-person, on Thursday 6th March 2025 at 5:30 pm, Aula 3 Rio Nuovo, Ca' Foscari University, Venice.
After German, Russian and Turkish, the Eye of the Master got translated also in Farsi! Italian, Greek, Portuguese and French editions coming soon.
@versobooks.bsky.social
www.iranketab.ir/book/155652-...
@versobooks.bsky.social
www.iranketab.ir/book/155652-...
کتاب چشم خدایگان اثر متئو پاسکویینلی | ایران کتاب
خرید کتاب چشم خدایگان مترجم سهیل رضا نژاد نویسنده متئو پاسکویینلی انتشارات هرمس
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March 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
After German, Russian and Turkish, the Eye of the Master got translated also in Farsi! Italian, Greek, Portuguese and French editions coming soon.
@versobooks.bsky.social
www.iranketab.ir/book/155652-...
@versobooks.bsky.social
www.iranketab.ir/book/155652-...
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A convergence between AI & cryptography is necessary to break with AI as surveillance. The key metaphor is "tunneling": Cultivating many models & peer-to-peer training strategies, small models, encrypted models... How do we build this? How do we direct funds here?
www.e-flux.com/journal/151/...
www.e-flux.com/journal/151/...
Taking AI into the Tunnels - Journal #151
Mikael Brunila argues for a politics of opacity in the face of AI dominance.
www.e-flux.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A convergence between AI & cryptography is necessary to break with AI as surveillance. The key metaphor is "tunneling": Cultivating many models & peer-to-peer training strategies, small models, encrypted models... How do we build this? How do we direct funds here?
www.e-flux.com/journal/151/...
www.e-flux.com/journal/151/...
032c published online my interview with the master of writing Shane Anderson - most delirious and most objective interview on AI ever.
032c.com/magazine/wha...
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What is AI? Matteo Pasquinelli | 032c
Usually, it's understood as a simulation of human intelligence by machines. The philosopher Matteo Pasquinelli argues, however, that AI is shaped by the intelligence of labor and social relations. In ...
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February 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
032c published online my interview with the master of writing Shane Anderson - most delirious and most objective interview on AI ever.
032c.com/magazine/wha...
032c.com/magazine/wha...