[Xmca-l] Re: AI and Activity Theory

Tue Apr 13 20:02:18 PDT 2021

Dear Mike, Many happy returns of this very special day! -- Beth

On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 8:58 PM Katerina Plakitsi <kplakits@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Happy birthday Mike.
> Thanks for sharing so much.
> We value the world differently with your mediation.
> Thank you 🙏
>
> Στις Τρί, 13 Απρ 2021 στις 21:28 ο χρήστης mike cole <mcole@ucsd.edu>
> έγραψε:
>
>> Thanks Bella.
>> My son reminded me that 83 is a prime number, and a friend informed me
>> that I
>> have been keeping on for 30,316 days.
>>
>> Taking it a day at a time.
>>
>> Shalom in every sense of the word.
>> mike
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 10:19 AM Bella Kotik-Friedgut <
>> bella.kotik@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Happy birthday dear Mike! Active longevity!
>>> Sincerely yours Bella Kotik-Friedgut
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 6:58 PM mike cole <mcole@ucsd.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks, Helena!
>>>> We are all feel the value of free work being sucked up byte by byte.
>>>> The top is 100% timely.
>>>> mike
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 1:31 PM Worthen, Helena Harlow <
>>>> hworthen@illinois.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> For various reasons I’ve been thinking about the uses of CHAT.  Here
>>>>> is a book that is not getting much publicity for some reason, despite the
>>>>> flood of sudden consciousness about the power of AI.  The authors (Bonnie
>>>>> Nardi is an XCMA participant from way back) lay out the analytic framework
>>>>> with a swift trip through Activity Theory:
>>>>>
>>>>> I did a review of it for the *Journal of Labor and Society* a few
>>>>> years ago — wow, 2018!
>>>>>
>>>>> BOOK REVIEW
>>>>> Heteromation, and Other Stories of Computing and Capitalism.  Ekbia,
>>>>> Hamid R.,  Nardi, Bonnie A., MIT Press, Cambridge, MA,  2017. 266
>>>>> pp., plus index, references, notes (total 280). $35.00
>>>>>
>>>>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/wusa.12434__;!!Mih3wA!WxgQF0LWZyih_ZI6EQ3fEPDXeoBFf-AoWyMQcA-lLVQIKwlePByhbxnZfkEBOft2cqgAhw$ 
>>>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/wusa.12434__;!!Mih3wA!WweSJJ1IsEaEjE76SJHrOdem3oJuVTYQcynXGFmV73OExVgGyss_hBCosHgZDd4qOL22_Q$>
>>>>>
>>>>> An important point that they make is that AI is not just about job
>>>>> replacement, but the value of the free work that is swept up by algorithms
>>>>> to form capital.
>>>>>
>>>>> Worthen, Helena Harlow
>>>>> hworthen@illinois.edu
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> I[image: Angelus Novus]
>>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelus_Novus__;!!Mih3wA!S5WA9w5cnBzbdrzkuZn_auoP7dJl__T8MUI1rDQ00fOQ5uiNkcNBPKnQtBc_EjXdvwBhOA$>The
>>>> Angel's View of History
>>>>
>>>> The organism, by its life activities, creates what is outside.  So
>>>> organisms create the conditions of their own future
>>>> which is different from their past" Richard Lewontin
>>>>
>>>> Cultural Praxis Website: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://culturalpraxis.net__;!!Mih3wA!WxgQF0LWZyih_ZI6EQ3fEPDXeoBFf-AoWyMQcA-lLVQIKwlePByhbxnZfkEBOfsR08hDkA$ 
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>>>> Re-generating CHAT Website: re-generatingchat.com
>>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://re-generatingchat.com__;!!Mih3wA!S5WA9w5cnBzbdrzkuZn_auoP7dJl__T8MUI1rDQ00fOQ5uiNkcNBPKnQtBc_EjUQRfcN0g$>
>>>> Archival resources website: lchc.ucsd.edu.
>>>> Narrative history of LCHC:  lchcautobio.ucsd.edu.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> I[image: Angelus Novus]
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelus_Novus__;!!Mih3wA!SMO0xePAOPNwBSrhKgrW7o-X71cZIJsMpza5Kx-IcDul8sZYaxxzvw_qga0JJ-lgAc3p8A$>The
>> Angel's View of History
>>
>> The organism, by its life activities, creates what is outside.  So
>> organisms create the conditions of their own future
>> which is different from their past" Richard Lewontin
>>
>> Cultural Praxis Website: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://culturalpraxis.net__;!!Mih3wA!WxgQF0LWZyih_ZI6EQ3fEPDXeoBFf-AoWyMQcA-lLVQIKwlePByhbxnZfkEBOfsR08hDkA$ 
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://culturalpraxis.net__;!!Mih3wA!SMO0xePAOPNwBSrhKgrW7o-X71cZIJsMpza5Kx-IcDul8sZYaxxzvw_qga0JJ-nJZ_arsQ$>
>> Re-generating CHAT Website: re-generatingchat.com
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://re-generatingchat.com__;!!Mih3wA!SMO0xePAOPNwBSrhKgrW7o-X71cZIJsMpza5Kx-IcDul8sZYaxxzvw_qga0JJ-mkrr0_Mg$>
>> Archival resources website: lchc.ucsd.edu.
>> Narrative history of LCHC:  lchcautobio.ucsd.edu.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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