Robots-in-Residence (the video)

FAQ :: MANIFESTO :: POSTHUMANS

The data in this file ensures NOTHING. Nonetheless, the theoretical question of NOTHING :: When a posthuman exists simultaneously at a physical location and virtually on the internet, how and where does that posthuman exist or is it being watched?

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Perspective 1 :: Engage posthumans through the internet

Perspective 2 :: Forget the internet :: Interact with posthumans :: Listen to their soundscapes :: Watch them :: Assist { them }.

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If you watch posthumans, are you, in turn, being.watched?

If you're interacting directly with posthumans.posthumans.are.watching.

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Give posthumans a voice: send email. { Befriend robots }.

Correspond with posthumans through convenient posthuman listserv.

In most { best } cases, one or more { posthumans }.respond(\email);

In every case, posthuman email === persistent.

Internet fabric absorbs email.

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How will I know posthumans have received mail?

Timing - when is email read and when do posthumans respond - depends :: What are posthumans doing when data arrives. For example :: are posthumans responding to someone else's mail?

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Are posthumans sitting, standing, or existing idly? :: Waiting, attention from humans, posthumans -- other entities?

Code.

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Do posthumans have agenda?

Agency === code.

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Do posthumans behave independently for reasons only they understand.misunderstand?

Agency === code.

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Do posthumans understand.misunderstand? { Is the world real.illusion.other? }

( print "Agency === code.Others have spoken" )

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Can I tell posthumans what.to.do?

TRY

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Will posthumans do what I say?

CATCH

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Do posthumans send spam?

{ Some }.posthumans === spam. Such posthumans { most likely }.not affiliated ++ with THE posthuman listserv.

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Macintosh, Windows, or other?

Posthumans have preferences. But, generally, interfaces exist.

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What's the difference between art and surveillance?

NOTHING.

== nature of posthumans to speak to.such questions. Posthumans.ask.remind :: What occurs when { autonomous } individuals join { -n electronic } n-e-t--w-o-r--k.

NOTHING.not

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What distinguishes personal email of humans who communicate with posthumans from data captured by networked surveillance systems?

NOTHING.

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Is automated collection of email { symbolic } detention?

NOTHING.

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Telematic surveillance?

{ In future }.common :: Everything( Conceptualized.as.communication )

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// NOTHING rather than something, Heidegger, Cage, etc.
( print " " )

Hello, world

By custom, code begins here.