Prof of Sociology, @warwickuni. Founder of Social Epistemology and Author of Humanity 2.0 and Post Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game
University of Warwick
Joined July 2011
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The most unsettling thing isn't that AI has learned to make art like us. It's that we've been making AI-like art for centuries. The Baroque is perhaps the most obvious example.
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Some great businesses, projects and ideas really do come straight out of graduates from @weareLIS .
Terrific stuff. More students should go to this university.
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Here's an interview regarding a recent book I co-edited with an Austrian colleague, George #Theiner, on #transhumanism, #VirtueEthics, and #Christianity (more info in the comments). It includes a chapter of mine where I challenge the default #utilitarian ethics that is usually applied to #transhumanist proposals. Big thanks go to @adamriggio for the interview itself, and to @ProfSteveFuller for agreeing to publish in our volume.
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@ProfSteveFuller is a visionary sociological theorist of the Up Wing, inspired my politics and research as I pursued my Master of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, specializing in Environmental, Energy and Technology Policy. Grateful for his black sky thinking! 🌌
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In his book Post-Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game, Steve Fuller reinterprets Vilfredo Pareto’s theory of the circulation of elites to explain the relationship between knowledge and power in post-truth society.
According to Pareto, social order is shaped by the struggle between two groups of elites, metaphorically described as lions and foxes, drawing on Machiavelli.
Lions seek to preserve the established order, institutional authority, and prevailing conceptions of truth, while foxes challenge their legitimacy and attempt to change the rules.
For Fuller, this struggle concerns not merely the transfer of political power but also the authority to determine what counts as truth.
Thus, in the post-truth condition, the circulation of elites involves not only changes in those who hold power but also the redefinition of the rules through which knowledge is produced, evaluated, and legitimized.
Truth thereby becomes not a neutral standard outside power struggles, but an object of those struggles.
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Kavramlar: Steve Fuller'a göre "Seçkinlerin Dolaşımı" youtu.be/Xb4MaM6RQsE?si=pv-v… @YouTube aracılığıyla Steve Fuller, Post-Truth: Knowledge as a Power Gameadlı eserinde, Vilfredo Pareto’nun seçkinlerin dolaşımı kuramını doğruluk sonrası toplumun bilgi ve iktidar ilişkilerini açıklamak için yeniden yorumlar.
Pareto’ya göre toplumsal düzen, Machiavelli’den esinlenerek aslanlar ve tilkiler olarak adlandırdığı iki seçkin grubu arasındaki mücadeleyle şekillenir. Aslanlar, mevcut düzeni, kurumsal otoriteyi ve yerleşik doğruluk anlayışını korumaya çalışırken; tilkiler bu düzenin meşruiyetini sorgulayarak kuralları değiştirmeyi amaçlar.
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Steve Fuller says AI could uncover connections hidden across different fields of science.
It could handle routine research while scientists focus on bigger questions.
Could AI speed up discovery?
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The Concepts: According to Steve Fuller "The Circulation of Elites" youtu.be/KeEKpCO_dYM?si=L_xg… @YouTube aracılığıyla In his book Post-Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game, Steve Fuller reinterprets Vilfredo Pareto’s theory of the circulation of elites to explain the relationship between knowledge and power in post-truth society.
According to Pareto, social order is shaped by the struggle between two groups of elites, metaphorically described as lions and foxes, drawing on Machiavelli.
Lions seek to preserve the established order, institutional authority, and prevailing conceptions of truth, while foxes challenge their legitimacy and attempt to change the rules.
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We’re excited to announce the speaker line up for our next IAI Live debate!
On Monday 2nd November, Fuller, Khalidi, and Janne Teller come together to explore “Performance and Privacy in the Age of Social Media”, asking if the performance of social media infringes on our freedom and privacy.
Steve Fuller is a professor of sociology at the University of Warwick and the founder of the research program of social epistemology.
Farha Khalidi is a writer, TikToker, and YouTuber, known for her satirical and controversial critiques of social phenomena.
Janne Teller is an acclaimed novelist and essayist whose work engages with existential themes and social issues.
Tap here to secure your place to three eye-opening discussions with a Premium Live subscription or pay-per-view ticket. iai.tv/live/iai-live-novembe…
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Muchas revistas ya están sacando las reseñas de libros, una lástima porque es buen ejercicio para jóvenes investigadores de humanidades/sociales
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Hey @SenSanders and @RepCasar don’t ban superintelligence. Guide it to solve existential risk of climate change. Superorganism - immune system of Gaia-protectors. Up Wing & Down Wing of @ProfSteveFuller as well as @zoltan_istvan’s automated abundance. cosmopolity.substack.com/p/s…
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Read up! Libertarian socialism is a cybernetic organism - a Right/Left Hybrid Opens the Ultracenter. I owe my libertarian socialism to @ProfSteveFuller who introduced me to Hayek and St. Simon as Up Wing partners rather than diametrically opposed enemies. cosmopolity.substack.com/p/l…
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Reason was supposedly an Enlightenment gift that freed us from blind adherence to tradition. But many now contend this is a comforting myth. | bit.ly/43haeSA
Dan Sperber, Steve Fuller, and Miriam Schoenfield debate whether we should pursue reason or abandon it.
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Should we slow down AI development?
A short debate between @warwickuni Professor @ProfSteveFuller and Jonathan, AI researcher part of @PauseAI_UK
Watch & vote!
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