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Tales from the cyborg society: The construction of subject and power in contemporary artificial intelligence(s) narratives

Author(s): Trapero-Llobera, Patricia

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This paper aims to analyse how cultural products reflect the topics and problematics derived from technological and scientific advances and how these relate to the construction of the subject and power. Following the terminology coined by Foucault, this paper will refer to the technologies of the self and the technologies of power reflected in the new approaches to the relationships between humans and machines. In this precise sense, AI narratives and contemporary speculative fictions construct new realities in which factual truths turn into virtual realities and hyperrealities, usually addressing power and political conflicts as well as socioeconomic implications.

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Trapero-Llobera, Patricia: Tales from the cyborg society: The construction of subject and power in contemporary artificial intelligence(s) narratives. In: NECSUS_European Journal of Media Studies, Jg. 9 (2020-07-06), Nr. 1, S. 125-149. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/14327.
@ARTICLE{Trapero-Llobera2020-07-06,
 author = {Trapero-Llobera, Patricia},
 title = {Tales from the cyborg society: The construction of subject and power in contemporary artificial intelligence(s) narratives},
 year = 2020-07-06,
 doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/14327}",
 volume = 9,
 address = {Amsterdam},
 journal = {NECSUS_European Journal of Media Studies},
 number = 1,
 pages = {125--149},
}
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