One might argue that the refinement and miniaturization
of the intelligent machine, linked
to the introduction of fuzzy dynamics
in the quantic activity of AI,
will lead androids to behave consciously…

It is philosophically false,
because consciousness is not behavior,
but self-perception and self-judgment,
self-enjoyment and self-loathing.
this is the distinctive feature –
ethical and ultimately aesthetic –
of what is called “consciousness.”

*“As long as [intelligence and consciousness]
went hand in hand, debating their relative value
was a pastime for philosophers.

But in the twenty first century,
this is becoming an urgent political and economic issue.
and it is sobering to realize that,
at least for armies and corporations,
the answer is straightforward:
intelligence is mandatory
but consciousness is optional.” p. 116

Excerpt BREATHING Chaos and Poetry
By Franco “Bifo” Berardi

*Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus, A Brief History of Tomorrow (New York: Harper Collins, 2017) p. 314

Our Socrates Café discussion session was to be a exchange of ideas on how one survives a paradigm shift.  It is obvious to many that we are on the cusp on a global paradigm shift.  The eight of us participating in the virtual exchange of ideas, never reach a point of contemplating what if anything is to be done.  What insights and actions portend survival?  We utilized our time together working to outline the dimensions of the dysfunction riding the social media connection that is a feature of life in the 21st century.

One is tempted to think, even to suggest that technology is going to “save us” somehow… This is the motivation for the quotation lifted from Berardi’s book on chaos and poetry.

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An additional quotation from Berardi:

Is there a way out from the jungle?
This question needs to be reframed:
is there a possibility of ethical life
in the age
of the automated jungle? p. 126