Cory Doctorow on Nostr: This is the definition of "uncanniness," which is "the seeming of intention without ...
This is the definition of "uncanniness," which is "the seeming of intention without intending anything." Most of the "meaning" in an AI illustration is "meaning that does not stem from organizing intention":
https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/13/spooky-action-at-a-close-up/#invisible-handThe same is true of an algorithmic feed. When someone you follow - a person - posts or boosts something into their feed, there is a human *intention*. It is a communicative act.
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