[Xmca-l] Re: AI and Activity Theory

[Anthony Barra]

Happy birthday, Mike!

Thank you for many things, past present and future.

Anthony

On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 2:27 PM mike cole <mcole@ucsd.edu> wrote:

> 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). $35.00
>>>>
>>>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/wusa.12434__;!!Mih3wA!Sj2_zeKo9wniZ1mNl4wDSrovafO_ArqLYZ60mqBR2eVv-S2Hg3IuhJ6zzzkDPIYUjddtVA$ 
>>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/wusa.12434__;!!Mih3wA!WweSJJ1IsEaEjE76SJHrOdem3oJuVTYQcynXGFmV73OExVgGyss_hBCosHgZDd4qOL22_Q$>
>>>>
>>>> An important point that they make is that AI is not just about job
>>>> replacement, but the value of the free work that is swept up by algorithms
>>>> to form capital.
>>>>
>>>> Worthen, Helena Harlow
>>>> hworthen@illinois.edu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> I[image: Angelus Novus]
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>>> Angel's View of History
>>>
>>> The organism, by its life activities, creates what is outside.  So
>>> organisms create the conditions of their own future
>>> which is different from their past" Richard Lewontin
>>>
>>> Cultural Praxis Website: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://culturalpraxis.net__;!!Mih3wA!Sj2_zeKo9wniZ1mNl4wDSrovafO_ArqLYZ60mqBR2eVv-S2Hg3IuhJ6zzzkDPIbl5w_sDQ$ 
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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!Sj2_zeKo9wniZ1mNl4wDSrovafO_ArqLYZ60mqBR2eVv-S2Hg3IuhJ6zzzkDPIbl5w_sDQ$ 
> <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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