{"product_id":"christian-eschatology-of-artificial-intelligence-pastoral-technologies-of-cybernetic-flesh-by-giorgi-vachnadze","title":"Christian Eschatology of Artificial Intelligence: Pastoral Technologies of Cybernetic Flesh by Giorgi Vachnadze","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eHaving inadvertently swerved into an ecclesiastical territory with Issue Two, it is auspicious, to say the least, that our next publication grabs the theological bull by the horns and drives it all the way back to where we started: artificial intelligence. \u003ci\u003eChristian Eschatology of Artificial Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e, written by Wittgenstein and Foucault scholar Giorgio Vachnadze, draws a circle around many topics that have been important to Becoming’s editorial line, from epistemology to cybernetics, biopolitics, philosophy of music and semiology. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe book traces multiple points of overlap between various \u003cem\u003eregimes of truth\u003c\/em\u003e from the Greco-Roman period through to the AI and cybernetic period, in order to present a continuity that ties together Christian Pastoralism and Neoliberal Self-Governance. The result is a fascinating and detailed examination of western hegemonial doctrines and signifiers: Logos, the Flesh, and the Fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eVachnadze leaves us with no conclusion besides a certain feeling in our stomachs, a feeling that often comes when someone makes you aware of something fascinating, but deeply unnerving. The author weaves scripture and theory together in a way which can be as exciting as conspiratorial fictions, and he does so without compromising the respectable position he has established at the point where \u003ci\u003enon-\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003esense\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONTENTS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p3\"\u003eAuthor's Preface: How \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003enot\u003c\/span\u003e to Read This Book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p3\"\u003eIntroduction: Bio-Politics of Artificial Intelligence \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p3\"\u003eChapter One: Bionic Christ and the Diagram of the Flesh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p3\"\u003eChapter Two: Music and the Poetics of Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p3\"\u003eChapter Three: The Incomputability of Computation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p3\"\u003eChapter Four: The Silence of the Flesh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p3\"\u003eChapter Five: My Mother is an AI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p3\"\u003eChapter Six: The Heroic Tale of a Minority Machine \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p3\"\u003eNon-Conclusion: AI Colonialism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBIO:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGiorgi Vachnadze\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Foucault and Wittgenstein scholar. He completed his Bachelor studies at New Mexico State University and received a Master’s qualification in philosophy at the University of Louvain. Former editor and peer-reviewer for the Graduate Student Journal of philosophy “The Apricot”, he has been published in multiple popular and academic journals world-wide. Vachnadze’s research focuses on philosophy of language and discourse analysis. Some of the questions and themes addressed in his work include: History of Combat Sports, Ancient Stoicism, Genealogies of Truth, Histories of Formal Systems, Genealogy of Science, Ethics in AI and Psychoanalysis, Media Archaeology, Game Studies and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDETAILS: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBECOMING007\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize: 18 x 21 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoftcover, 185 pages \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOctober 2024\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 978-9925-8118-8-5 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Edition \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTO BE CITED AS:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eVachnadze, G. (2024) Christian Eschatology of Artificial Intelligence: Pastoral Technologies of Cybernetic Flesh. 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