3 10 32 https://peoplescanon.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/661d43d9e701742e7ce0b5586b980368.jpeg c8ac3173d3665c6c8cd4b5195c938479 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Snow Crash Description An account of the resource Snow Crash explores the depth of what it means to be human in a technologically obsessed culture. Snow Crash is also credited with being the source of the Metaverse and anticipated things like techno-currency and the collapse of information and surveillance networks. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Neal Stephenson Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/172832/snow-crash-by-neal-stephenson/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Penguin Random House Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Brady B. Atlanta, GA https://peoplescanon.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/8f65d432ea38dc880ad77f630772ef22.jpg 633f1de02568b78ad20ec44d52cebef9 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Burnout Society Description An account of the resource While this work does not address AI by name, it is a great entry point into Han's thinking. He is arguably one of the most influential, popular, and important current philosophers, writers, and social critics. AND, he is alive and actively writing and contributing to current thought. Rather than living in a punishment society and panopticon as described in Foucault's work, Han expertly focuses the lens to reveal an excess positivity (as in the addition of things not the quality of something as a positive or negative experience), false freedom, false transparency, and how all this contributes to being an ""achievement society"". We are achievement subjects in our own individual projects of self, that digital capitalism, big tech and big data, and neoliberalism have reinforced, in particular through the internet, giving up of our data to big tech companies, and social media. He goes on to build on this idea in other important works that I would suggest be a part of this collection: ""The Crisis of Narration"", ""Psychopolitics"", and ""Infocracy"". We are taking in more information than we can actually handle, which he has talked about or framed as also being in an ""Information Society"" rather than a ""Knowledge/Widsom Society."" We ""sell"" our stories and data rather than connect with people communally, via ritual ,via third spaces, via group projects and community organizations or places of worship, and instead must produce, achieve, and prove ourselves not just to others but ourselves. In this way, Han would suggest that AI, part of big data and the internet and this Information Age, enhancing productivity, and infiltrating our lives and the information presented to us, creates a false freedom that actually exploits it. Everything is tracked, and could be use to control and manipulate us. He suggests the antidotes are to not participate in these systems or technologies to the extent that we can, to slow down, to be present with activities like gardening, community interaction, walking, contemplative time, and an active ""inactivity/passivity"" whereby we stop trying to ceaselessly respond to everyone and live rather than survive. Again, while Han does not write about AI specifically, he talks about the systems, structures, and phenomena beyond AI that threaten human flourishing and are already damaging it. AI talks about efficiency but also removes meaning whereby we might have less friction to find that book, article, or record we were looking for, the mystery or journey in trying to get something done that then gives us spontaneity and a real story and experience. In just getting anything you want delivered to your home, via suggested products from big tech and AI, or sponsored Ads on a social media platform, one does not have to venture into the world and actually connect with people and search to find something. This begs the question, is this living, much less, human flourishing? Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Byung-Chul Han Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.sup.org/books/theory-and-philosophy/burnout-society Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Stanford University Press: Stanford Briefs Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cole Y. from Portland, OR https://peoplescanon.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/f3f9e31544e2496c56a9ea5b33822f99.jpg 12ded056349efb393e0debc4f2f8b86a Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Fifth Head of Cerberus Description An account of the resource The Fifth Head of Cerberus dramatizes the fragility and constructedness of identity in a way that feels urgent in the age of AI. Through stories of cloning, memory, and colonial domination, Wolfe forces us to confront how the self may not be some sort of indivisible essence but something that is shaped, copied, and manufactured. As AI begins to challenge our assumptions about consciousness, creativity, and authenticity, Wolfe’s work is obviously relevant. It suggests that flourishing may not come from rigidly defending the boundaries of traditional ideas on humanity, rather we need to cultivate a new understanding grounded in humility. We need to gain a new sense of humility in acknowledging that human consciousness and creativity are not sovereign or absolute, but part of a larger ecology of intelligences, whether AI or institutional. The Fifth Head of Cerberus reminds us that human flourishing in the age of AI may depend less on superiority or mastery, and more on our willingness to reimagine what it means to be human: as a shared, ongoing project of recognition, responsibility, and renewal. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gene Wolfe Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://torpublishinggroup.com/the-fifth-head-of-cerberus/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tor Books Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource David O. from Bucks County, PA https://peoplescanon.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/57bf518278a5851d632c71ad30b6d9c3.jpg bbe71965cf60bd81b9ac65788254360d Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Great Gatsby Description An account of the resource AI makes consideration of a post-scarcity society far more than theoretical. If automation can take care of humanity’s necessities then the ennui and boundless leisure time that many of the characters in Gatsby grapple with will become fixtures of most people’s lives. Understanding Fitzgerald’s portrayal of the perils of hedonistic lifestyles can inform human understanding of the risks that could prevent flourishing as a result of endless leisure time. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F. Scott Fitzgerald Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Great-Gatsby/F-Scott-Fitzgerald/9781982146702 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Scribner Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anonymous https://peoplescanon.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/0887b5e0f1769a3d81bbd75412d6a211.jpg 647b51798e867d54a6d6d56be9b59e09 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Interpretation of Dreams Description An account of the resource Freud provides a roadmap for a sensible and logical approach to that most human of activities: dreaming. This book isn't important for the People's Canon in that it tells us how to correctly interpret dreams. Instead, it shows us how psychoanalysis sought out methods for translating the numinous into legible data archives located within individual consciousness. In this way, Freud exemplifies the drive toward explaining the ineffable in as close to material and individual terms as possible that formulates the ideological underpinnings of AI's rhetoric. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sigmund Freud Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://store.doverpublications.com/products/9780486789422?srsltid=AfmBOopPz55pQI73FB-YAICeHV82ZnUyE4NqQU9caCjnMIehwN4Cy--l Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Dover Publications Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1899 https://peoplescanon.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/1c08f0d5bd9843b3c1d9eb193f9a5b66.jpg 75520ba3ff705322e07c081b1342767c Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Description An account of the resource This is a story about a society that enjoys peace, harmony, and technological advancement at the cost of one small child's misery. The story succinctly encapsulates the ethical quandaries of AI and our technofuture. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ursula K. Le Guin Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-winds-twelve-quarters-ursula-k-le-guin?variant=41231581773858 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Harper Perennial Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1975 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anonymous https://peoplescanon.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/79ea6c79fb93d27a8b21cb114147cccb.jpg 0d0626b45990c46dedd1ab7bcb05d513 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Open Conspiracy: Blue Prints for a World Revolution Description An account of the resource A scheme for human progress based on science and planetary management — was the basis for a club founded by Gerald Heard and Aldous Huxley, who later spoke of “human potentialities” Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource HG Wells Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/75786/pg75786-images.html Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Albatross Publishers Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1928 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Patrick H. from Pescadero, CA https://peoplescanon.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/8cab792b994dec89bf4200d0182c3670.jpg b94f4d608d7a246b820b94584eb3deff Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Perils of Invention: Lying, Technology, and the Human Condition Description An account of the resource The second half of this book includes a series of essays on understanding AI within the context of the human condition. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Roger Berkowitz Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://blackrosebooks.com/products/perils Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Black Rose Books Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anonymous https://peoplescanon.ecdsomeka.org/files/original/afca6492bd8851eaa2b0b28c03f01c2c.jpg 405a1a07affd4555186dd52ad526aef8 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Technological Society Description An account of the resource In this text, Ellul makes a critical point about technology that cuts against one of the enduring myths around it's development and use, namely that technology is "neutral". Ellul argues that all technology has an embedded ideology, specifically the desire for efficiency, and that this desire deeply impacts both how we use technology and how we see the world. He unpacks the implications for our society of the dominance of this ideology. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jacques Ellul Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/46236/the-technological-society-by-jacques-ellul-with-an-introduction-by-robert-k-merton/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Vintage Books, Penguin Random House Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1967 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ben G. from Atlanta, GA Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Using Artificial Intelligence for Bible Translation and Interpretation Description An account of the resource Several chapters focus on how humans understand AI, and how AI affects the way we read and interpret the Bible. The rest of the chapters address AI and the changes coming to promote the Bible in thousands of new languages. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas Estes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/using-artificial-intelligence-for-bible-translation-and-interpretation-9798765163436/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available T&T Clark Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2026 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anonymous