[Xmca-l] Re: AI and Activity Theory

[mike cole]

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). $35.00
>>>
>>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/wusa.12434__;!!Mih3wA!SMO0xePAOPNwBSrhKgrW7o-X71cZIJsMpza5Kx-IcDul8sZYaxxzvw_qga0JJ-nfQuO60w$ 
>>> <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!SMO0xePAOPNwBSrhKgrW7o-X71cZIJsMpza5Kx-IcDul8sZYaxxzvw_qga0JJ-nJZ_arsQ$ 
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://culturalpraxis.net__;!!Mih3wA!S5WA9w5cnBzbdrzkuZn_auoP7dJl__T8MUI1rDQ00fOQ5uiNkcNBPKnQtBc_EjUnBlurpg$>
>> Re-generating CHAT Website: re-generatingchat.com
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://re-generatingchat.com__;!!Mih3wA!S5WA9w5cnBzbdrzkuZn_auoP7dJl__T8MUI1rDQ00fOQ5uiNkcNBPKnQtBc_EjUQRfcN0g$>
>> Archival resources website: lchc.ucsd.edu.
>> Narrative history of LCHC:  lchcautobio.ucsd.edu.
>>
>>
>>
>>

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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!SMO0xePAOPNwBSrhKgrW7o-X71cZIJsMpza5Kx-IcDul8sZYaxxzvw_qga0JJ-nJZ_arsQ$ 
Re-generating CHAT Website: re-generatingchat.com
Archival resources website: lchc.ucsd.edu.
Narrative history of LCHC:  lchcautobio.ucsd.edu.
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