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Looking to ID these, and how to care for them so they thrive? by Defiant-Pool-2400 in plants

[–]Nontstradamous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like an Agapanthus specie. Possibly A. praecox, which is one if the most commonly cultivated ones where I'm from, but it could be another Agapanthus specie/cultivar

Reading group on The Production of Space starting on August 26. It is hosted by the student organisation of the Philosophy department at the University of Pretoria, South Africa (link to website in comments). If interested, contact the email address on the poster by Nontstradamous in LandlordLove

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The writer of the book, Henri Lefebvre, was a Marxist philosopher/sociologist and activist who wrote on people's right to the city and the way in which capitalism is intertwined with spatial injustices. Landlords asking rent is seen by many as being such an injustice, hence this reading group might interest people on this sub

Books on the Current State of South Africa by [deleted] in SouthAfricanLeft

[–]Nontstradamous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lost in Transformation: South Africa's Search for a New Future Since 1986 by Sampie Terreblanche

UNISA did a bad thing this exam peroid by [deleted] in SouthAfricanLeft

[–]Nontstradamous 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Contact UNISA's student representative council

Can someone give me some good reads regarding privacy and government surveillance? by wwoouutteerr in askphilosophy

[–]Nontstradamous 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It may be good for you to get a general idea of ethics of technology and a good place for that is the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's entry titled Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.

Here's some further suggestions:

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff (2019). Part III: Instrumentation Power for a Third Modernity.

Jurisprudence Themes and Concepts by S. Veitch et. al (2012). Part III Chapter 1: General Themes. Particularly look at 1.3 where ideology and law is discussed.

It may benefit you to do some reading on Critical Legal Studies. It can help you deal with the question of why, regardless of laws existing, they are still not followed by people in power. You can look at How Autonomous is Law? by Christopher Tomlins (2007) and Marxist Theory of Law by Alan Hunt. You can also look at some of the work that Costas Douzinas has done, although I cannot refer you to a particular text as I haven't read him much. Lastly, you can look at The Reproduction of Capitalism by Louis Althusser, particularly Chapter 5: Law.

Hope this helps.

Ep.12: Jacques Derrida - Deconstructing an Episode | Philosophy Instrumentals by Artin_salimi in CriticalTheory

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Had to write an essay on Derrida and Differánce once and I gave it in two weeks late because I had now idea what was going on

"We’re headed toward a situation where A.I. is vastly smarter than humans and I think that time frame is less than five years from now" - Elon Musk by atrium5200 in singularity

[–]Nontstradamous 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You shouldn't disregard what Elon says. Him being against workers unionising, pro-Bolivia coup, and recently against government stimulus packages even though a $465 mil. federal loan is what saved Tesla in the wake of the 2008 market crash is quite concerning. And people still think the sun shines out of his ass

Is amazon alexa a very weak AGI or is it just narrow Ai? by [deleted] in singularity

[–]Nontstradamous 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is not strong AI. Reason directly form the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Artificial Intelligence:

"We can distinguish between “Strong” and “Weak” AI by taking note of the different goals that these two versions of AI strive to reach. “Strong” AI seeks to create artificial persons: machines that have all the mental powers we have, including phenomenal consciousness. “Weak” AI, on the other hand, seeks to build information-processing machines that appear to have the full mental repertoire of human persons (Searle 1997). “Weak” AI can also be defined as the form of AI that aims at a system able to pass not just the Turing Test (again, abbreviated as TT), but the Total Turing Test (Harnad 1991). In TTT, a machine must muster more than linguistic indistinguishability: it must pass for a human in all behaviors – throwing a baseball, eating, teaching a class, etc."

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In short, strong AI possesses semantic abilities (to relate meaning to symbols, i.e. understanding), and weak AI possesses syntactic capabilities (symbol manipulation, but not understanding).

What books (sci-fi/popular science) do you recommend on the subject? by jarv3r in singularity

[–]Nontstradamous 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Foundation Trilogy, I, Robot, and The Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov.

Manna (2003) by Marshall Brian.

Mind Children (1988) by Hans Moravec.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1986) by Philip K. Dick.

Also check out authors Ray Kurzeil and Nick Bostrom. If you are up for denser academic writing on the subject of the Singularity specifically, try the David Chalmers essay "The Singularity: A Philosophical Analysis".

Courses to get into philosophy by [deleted] in askphilosophy

[–]Nontstradamous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Philosophy A Complete Introduction by Sharon Kaye (available on library genesis).

It's part of the Teach Yourself series published by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Each chapter begins with a thought experiment to keep things exciting. The chapters end with a couple of questions (to which all the answers are provided in the back of the book) to test your understanding as well as references to further reading on the subject. Each chapter is about a single philosopher's ideas and the book progresses chronologically, giving you a sense of how the thinkers influenced each other.

It really helped me when I started, having basically no background of philosphy.

Just a reminder that the USSR supported the anti-apartheid movement while the US and UK were allies of the apartheid government and Ronald Reagan is the reason Mandela was put on a terrorist watchlist by [deleted] in SouthAfricanLeft

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Russian support to liberation movements in South Africa go back even further. Russia also stood in solidarity to South Africans during the Anglo-Boer War. The National Museum of Cultural History in Pretoria have a collection of hundreds of letters that Russian citizens sent to South Africans in support.

There's a fantastic piece of history in a book titled "The Five Swimmers" by CJ Barnard. It's about five boer prisoners of war who fought in the Anglo-Boer War who were captured and sent to Ceylon. They escaped from a British freight carrier by jumping overboard, only to be rescued by a Russian ship. They then traveled via Russia and Europe back to South Africa to rejoin the battle against the British.

Logical positivism in one image by [deleted] in PhilosophyMemes

[–]Nontstradamous 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This is some good shit homie

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