Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism

RT @Bomin78: @nonmarkov_field Dear Keanu. This is amazing. "Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism" https://t.co/QJIQcUat7i

@nonmarkov_field Dear Keanu. This is amazing. "Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism" https://t.co/QJIQcUat7i

@Fionnindy Das bedarf nochmal einer geübten kritischen Betrachtung https://t.co/IOanUxUHHE

"In effect, the pronouncements of data science are being treated as ontologically superior without actually having to make that claim." @danmcquillan https://t.co/3jImPGkJir

RT @zacrogers01: "With data science, we have moved from metadata to metaphysics; it is an embedded, even weaponised, philosophy." @danmcqu…

RT @danmcquillan: I understand the concerns expressed here, but one of the key problems of AI is that it is scientistic (if not scientific)…

RT @danmcquillan: I understand the concerns expressed here, but one of the key problems of AI is that it is scientistic (if not scientific)…

RT @zacrogers01: "With data science, we have moved from metadata to metaphysics; it is an embedded, even weaponised, philosophy." @danmcqu…

RT @zacrogers01: "With data science, we have moved from metadata to metaphysics; it is an embedded, even weaponised, philosophy." @danmcqu…

RT @zacrogers01: "With data science, we have moved from metadata to metaphysics; it is an embedded, even weaponised, philosophy." @danmcqu…

RT @zacrogers01: "The commitment to adopting data science in more and more areas of life will not be constrained by limits such as data pro…

"The commitment to adopting data science in more and more areas of life will not be constrained by limits such as data protection, because it is based on a new normativity." @danmcquillan https://t.co/3jImPGkJir

"With data science, we have moved from metadata to metaphysics; it is an embedded, even weaponised, philosophy." @danmcquillan https://t.co/RpBS5sXZYV

I understand the concerns expressed here, but one of the key problems of AI is that it is scientistic (if not scientific) and thus parasitizes on science's own monocular ideas of 'truth'. See also my paper on 'Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism' https:/

@PDanholt Planton spøger under vores data-forståelse, vi tror de lever som sandheder afkoblet fra verden, hvilket betyder vi får en dobbeltverden (fx borger vs. borgerdata). Peger på: https://t.co/Ge5Wwg7XaI

RT @IrisVanRooij: Now reading: "Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism", by @danmcquillan (Philosophy & Technology, 2018) https://t.co/FFT6Y…

RT @IrisVanRooij: Now reading: "Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism", by @danmcquillan (Philosophy & Technology, 2018) https://t.co/FFT6Y…

RT @IrisVanRooij: Now reading: "Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism", by @danmcquillan (Philosophy & Technology, 2018) https://t.co/FFT6Y…

RT @IrisVanRooij: Now reading: "Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism", by @danmcquillan (Philosophy & Technology, 2018) https://t.co/FFT6Y…

RT @IrisVanRooij: Now reading: "Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism", by @danmcquillan (Philosophy & Technology, 2018) https://t.co/FFT6Y…

Now reading: "Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism", by @danmcquillan (Philosophy & Technology, 2018) https://t.co/FFT6YwgeXb 1/n 🧵(h/t @o_guest)

@HiredThought Boy are you going to like dan mcquillan's work critiquing ml not just for its machinic shortcomings but for the world view it advances: https://t.co/paV9eWzENH

Já que o papo é a respeito de dados, um artigo provocativo: Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism de Dan McQuillan https://t.co/VPkCEbTedZ

Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism - Philosophy & Technology https://t.co/FylNW1xipq

RT @FrankPasquale: @MereSophistry Yes!: https://t.co/QdNkKA0Sre & https://t.co/KWx6oQyYVs

"abstraction of accountability & the production of ‘thoughtlessness" —> Amplifies What Markets Already Do https://t.co/l4WNK0ylGM

the graphic that my paper on 'Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism' was waiting for https://t.co/HiTM5KYYc6

RT @impactology: Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism by @danmcquillan https://t.co/ZI0oslbTDl "Data science does not only make possible…

Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism by @danmcquillan https://t.co/ZI0oslbTDl "Data science does not only make possible a new way of knowing but acts directly on it...people enrolled in this apparatus risk an abstraction of accountability & producti

Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism by @danmcquillan https://t.co/ZI0oslbTDl "Data science does not only make possible a new way of knowing but acts directly on it...people enrolled in this apparatus risk an abstraction of accountability & producti

@psychemedia i wrote a few more papers e.g. https://t.co/kjWH0h8z1b, https://t.co/HiTM5KYYc6

@sbenthall This is about a metaphysical belief in mathematics, nothing to do with style, though rhetorically it may be smart to downplay an argument by saying it is about style. Check @danmcquillan https://t.co/0yG1Du6TV4 1/2

@KyleMcnease @David_Gunkel @danmcquillan https://t.co/lEhzLTU6Oa

RT @IanMacQuillin: @vir2mobile @mireillemoret @MSlavkovik @IrisVanRooij I've just read the abstract and first few pars and wondering whethe…

@vir2mobile @mireillemoret @MSlavkovik @IrisVanRooij I've just read the abstract and first few pars and wondering whether it might have something to say to our sector. Anyone from @IOFInsight around? Here's the paper - https://t.co/jpGUS03xqT If you do hav

@IanMacQuillin @MSlavkovik @IrisVanRooij My apologies, indeed. I meant to refer to @danmcquillan's great paper https://t.co/0yG1Du6TV4

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RT @danmcquillan: .@dgolumbia's 'The Great White Robot God - Artificial General Intelligence and White Supremacy' https://t.co/JHIv2YWQYL i…

RT @danmcquillan: .@dgolumbia's 'The Great White Robot God - Artificial General Intelligence and White Supremacy' https://t.co/JHIv2YWQYL i…

RT @danmcquillan: .@dgolumbia's 'The Great White Robot God - Artificial General Intelligence and White Supremacy' https://t.co/JHIv2YWQYL i…

we urgently need an anti-fascist AI https://t.co/B60iU6J9As

.@dgolumbia's 'The Great White Robot God - Artificial General Intelligence and White Supremacy' https://t.co/JHIv2YWQYL is also a good guide to the not-so-latent ideology materialised in these technologies

An interesting paper, not sure about parts of it (I'd have to digest it better) but deffo some good stuff amongst the word salad (srsly academia, get over word counts, read a paper recently where 3/4 was just padding, come on). But...Goldsmiths. Gotta get

@twimlai @claregollnick i greatly enjoyed the episode on reproducibility. in response to your invitation for material related to the philosophy of data, may i offer 'Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism' https://t.co/HiTM5KYYc6

RT @danmcquillan: from capitalism realism to agential realism! https://t.co/cUhXmAypNA -> https://t.co/HiTM5KYYc6

RT @danmcquillan: from capitalism realism to agential realism! https://t.co/cUhXmAypNA -> https://t.co/HiTM5KYYc6

RT @danmcquillan: from capitalism realism to agential realism! https://t.co/cUhXmAypNA -> https://t.co/HiTM5KYYc6

from capitalism realism to agential realism! https://t.co/cUhXmAypNA -> https://t.co/HiTM5KYYc6

RT @bispectral: i know a lot of us tend to run screaming from words like "discursive" and "structural" but this is an important read https:…

RT @bispectral: i know a lot of us tend to run screaming from words like "discursive" and "structural" but this is an important read https:…

RT @bispectral: i know a lot of us tend to run screaming from words like "discursive" and "structural" but this is an important read https:…

RT @bispectral: i know a lot of us tend to run screaming from words like "discursive" and "structural" but this is an important read https:…

RT @bispectral: i know a lot of us tend to run screaming from words like "discursive" and "structural" but this is an important read https:…

Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism https://t.co/d90JlBJQxh

Mmmmmm yes https://t.co/S8tzP8LP8H

RT @bispectral: i know a lot of us tend to run screaming from words like "discursive" and "structural" but this is an important read https:…

@scott_bot 'Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism' https://t.co/v7hXi7TbEf "Datascience strongly echoes the neoplatonism that informed the early science of Copernicus & Galileo. It appears to reveal a hidden mathematical order in the world that is sup

@MarkAndrejevic @trevorpaglen i think you guys have nailed it with the operational logic stuff (i was trying to say something similar but perhaps more obscurely with 'machinic neoplatonism' https://t.co/v7hXi7TbEf)

RT @edsu: ... more on this by @danmcquillan in https://t.co/HiVx1jizlI https://t.co/Vo2pyrYGQh

... more on this by @danmcquillan in https://t.co/HiVx1jizlI https://t.co/Vo2pyrYGQh

@Kingdatweet @majrmolineux Thanks, Dave. @majrmolineux, you might find this paper interesting https://t.co/B3fomARN4o

Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism Dan McQuillan (Philosophy & Technology, June 2018, Volume 31, Issue 2, pp 253–272) #DataScience #AI #ML #MachineLearning #NeuralNetworks #Science https://t.co/2Z3Bm2C6n7

RT @eiweil: a monday afternoon treat !!!! read this and then go read https://t.co/ZqBnllxSHx if you have not yet https://t.co/2YXkIAaPwS

a monday afternoon treat !!!! read this and then go read https://t.co/ZqBnllxSHx if you have not yet

Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism - https://t.co/AMnkttLdG3 - #datascience #science

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Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism https://t.co/lHrxw6klXH https://t.co/1GW5oi2m9B

@ideacritik fwiw my take on ml 'truth telling' and its production of thoughtlessness 'Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism' https://t.co/v7hXi7TbEf

@neurocritic @EmilyK100 @AllenFrancesMD ai engineers are at the hard end of the problem: they're not only distant from the target lives but hubristic, seeing deep learning as a source of unlimited insight ('Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism' https://t.

@red_abebe @BKCHarvard @uhlily thanks for sharing, i enjoyed reading the interview. for possible interest re: AI + philosophy, here's my piece on 'Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism', which tries to articulate some of the sources of ML's mythical power

@Reddlemap for me personally, the form of abstraction is what gives a clue to the nature of ai/ml in the world https://t.co/v7hXi7TbEf

@LMSacasas That's what @danmcquillan says! https://t.co/ZrGHi4pNlR

RT @AjinthaP: Two books to read on how data science is simply not a method but an organising idea that can both help and hinder society.…

Two books to read on how data science is simply not a method but an organising idea that can both help and hinder society. https://t.co/kwMgBsmK00 https://t.co/ONclYmwR4h #DataScience #AI #MachineLearning

@SabinaLeonelli @em_rattiphilsci fwiw some more thoughts on the relationship of machine learning to science: 'Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism' https://t.co/v7hXi7TbEf

RT @danmcquillan: when it comes to bureaucracies and social services, the problem with AI is not one of full automation: "By providing act…

when it comes to bureaucracies and social services, the problem with AI is not one of full automation: "By providing actionable numbers with the aura of authority, the algorithmic predictions become forceful at a human level." https://t.co/v7hXi7TbEf

RT @Abebab: "Data science strongly echoes the neoplatonism that informed the early science of Copernicus and Galileo." @danmcquillan https:…

RT @Abebab: "Data science strongly echoes the neoplatonism that informed the early science of Copernicus and Galileo." @danmcquillan https:…

RT @aansari86: Of algorithmic fascism: "thoughtlessness, which is not a simple lack of awareness, is also a useful way to assess the opera…

RT @bodhidave3: 0- Sometimes material cognitive scientist @Abebab shares is a bit beyond my ken*… but I find it reliably meaningful and int…

Of algorithmic fascism: "thoughtlessness, which is not a simple lack of awareness, is also a useful way to assess the operation of algorithmic governance with respect to the people enrolled in its activities." https://t.co/iH9gSr0uaw

RT @Abebab: "Data science strongly echoes the neoplatonism that informed the early science of Copernicus and Galileo." @danmcquillan https:…

RT @FrankPasquale: “The parallels between bad physics and bad economics suggest there might be a general failure mode in any discipline tha…

RT @Abebab: "Data science strongly echoes the neoplatonism that informed the early science of Copernicus and Galileo." @danmcquillan https:…

RT @Abebab: "Data science strongly echoes the neoplatonism that informed the early science of Copernicus and Galileo." @danmcquillan https:…

"Data science strongly echoes the neoplatonism that informed the early science of Copernicus and Galileo." @danmcquillan https://t.co/X4Zwd4b2T4 https://t.co/kC6rgmi1Es

RT @FrankPasquale: “The parallels between bad physics and bad economics suggest there might be a general failure mode in any discipline tha…

RT @FrankPasquale: “The parallels between bad physics and bad economics suggest there might be a general failure mode in any discipline tha…

RT @FrankPasquale: “The parallels between bad physics and bad economics suggest there might be a general failure mode in any discipline tha…

RT @FrankPasquale: “The parallels between bad physics and bad economics suggest there might be a general failure mode in any discipline tha…

RT @FrankPasquale: “The parallels between bad physics and bad economics suggest there might be a general failure mode in any discipline tha…

RT @FrankPasquale: “The parallels between bad physics and bad economics suggest there might be a general failure mode in any discipline tha…

RT @danmcquillan: @Abebab might be of interest: "Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism" https://t.co/v7hXi7TbEf

@Abebab might be of interest: "Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism" https://t.co/v7hXi7TbEf

RT @FrankPasquale: “The parallels between bad physics and bad economics suggest there might be a general failure mode in any discipline tha…

RT @FrankPasquale: “The parallels between bad physics and bad economics suggest there might be a general failure mode in any discipline tha…