On the Usefulness and Harmfulness of Mathematics for the Understanding of Machinic Semiosis

Abstract

In what follows, the role of mathematics in the understanding the semiosis of intelligent machines will be explored. For this purpose, the necessity of overcoming the dual paradigm that divides hard sciences and humanities will be stressed. The focus will then address the internal tension within the mathematical domain between “perverse uses” and strategies to cope reality. Two orders of consequences derive from this: the first encompasses the discourse on the competencies of those who do not adequately manage the literacies implicated in the coexistence of human and non-human actors within digital communities; the second strictly involves the expert competencies and the plural positions across these discoursive formations. In conclusion, an invitation to consider the effects of etherorythmics is presented.