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GuinansEyebrows | 20 days ago

what does that even mean?

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slopusila|20 days ago

Most likely a Nick Land ref:

> This is because what appears to humanity as the history of capitalism is an invasion from the future by an artificial intelligent space that must assemble itself entirely from its enemy's resources.

gom_jabbar|18 days ago

Yes, this is one of the main references for Nick Land's thesis that capitalism is (retrochronic) AI.

The one you cited is from Machinic Desire (1993). Interestingly, it also appears in the relatively unknown text Shorelines from the Making People Disappear exhibition (1993):

"What appears to humanity as the history of capitalism is an invasion from the future by an artificial intelligent space that must assemble itself entirely from its enemy's resources." [0]

[0] http://merliquify.com/artwork/exhibitions/making-people-disa... (p. 4)

fennecbutt|20 days ago

I really like this interpretation, because ultimately that is what is happening right now.