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The emergence of artificial intelligence and complex automation once again stirs up concerns about new technologies posing a threat to humans.1 Although large language models powered by transformer architectures have changed the way we communicate with machines (computers) we still do not quite understand one another.2 Even though technology is made to make our world more understandable and increase our access to knowledge it is often obfuscating it by the constraints of the medium itself. This is why we often turn to more irrational tools and ways of comprehending. How do we cope with this excess, overflowing beyond the limits of our comprehension? Is the predicted, computed future the domain of agency and knowledge or are we going to invent new ways of knowing and understanding? By what means can we understand the black boxes and interfaces we deal with? We rarely understand the inner workings of the technologies we’re using and often employ a metonym or even reach to superstitions a

AI · Cities · Infrastructures The City as a Black Box: Navigating Through the Surplus of Information by Agnieszka Antkowiak July 7th, 2023 Doomed to Think The emergence of artificial intelligence and complex automation once again stirs up concerns about new technologies posing a threat to humans. 1 “There has been speculation that professions dependent upon content production could be rendered obsolete, including everything from playwrights and professors to programmers and journalists.” “What Is Ai Chatbot Phenomenon CHATGPT and Could It Replace Humans?” The Guardian, Guardian N

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