Scaling up isn't the answer. As the limits of energy, hardware, and computational power become clearer, the assumption that AI just needs more resources to achieve 'superintelligence' is proving flawed—just look at Tesla’s struggles.
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What if causality is reversed?
We assume tech drives social change. But what if it’s labour's org. that shapes tech—and, through it, science, nature, even the mind?
Instruments aren’t neutral. They carry the logic of the labour systems that birthed them.
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We say neural networks are "inspired by the brain," but the metaphor runs in a loop: our view of the brain was already shaped by earlier technologies. We've projected tools onto nature for a century—then used those projections to justify the tools.
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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.
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Pasuinelli highlights how human cognitive capabilities—our ability to understand context, apply judgment, create new knowledge, and adapt to novel situations—represent the more valuable and difficult-to-replace aspects of work.
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LLMs simulate knowledge, obscuring the lived, responsive thinking of real work. Are they 'smart'? Compared to abstract symbols? Or embodied doing?
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AI not only automates but also uncovers the complexity, intelligence, & social aspects of work traditionally seen as "manual." It highlights the cognitive and social intelligence involved, much like a "white-collar" worker, by engaging with these work elements. #TheEyeOfTheMaster #MatteoPasquinelli
The limits of AI text models mirror Gödel & Derrida: we inhabit language without embodiment. Like Gramsci noted, humans unify thinking and making; LLMs can only simulate the intellect without the wisdom of hands.
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