• Jordan Crandall on the Appropriate Literature For Our New Age of Superintelligence

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    In this episode, Andrew talks to Jordan Crandall, the author of Autodrive, about the imminent age of superintelligence in which we will won’t be able to distinguish man and machine.

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    Jordan Crandall is Professor of Visual Arts at University of California, San Diego. He is the author of five books, including Drive, an anthology of his artworks, media installations, and theoretical writings published by Neue Galerie Graz and ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. In 2011 he was the recipient of the Vilém Flusser Theory Award for outstanding research in media art and digital culture. Autodrive is his first work of fiction.


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