“What I find interesting is that we’re smart enough to invent AI, dumb enough to need it, and still so stupid we can’t tell if we did the right thing.” — Jerry Seinfeld, Duke Commencement Address, 2024 They call it ASI — Artificial Superintelligence. A theoretical, algorithmic entity, silently omnipotent, capable of solving everything humans…

“O que eu acho interessante é que somos inteligentes o suficiente para inventar a IA, burros o suficiente para precisar dela e ainda assim tão estúpidos que não conseguimos perceber se fizemos a coisa certa.”— Jerry Seinfeld, Discurso de formatura em Duke, 2024 Chamam-lhe ASI — Artificial Superintelligence. Uma entidade teórica, algorítmica, silenciosamente omnipotente, capaz de…

Prelude: A Tale of Two Schools Let us begin in fragments. In a not-so-distant future, education had fragmented into two dominant paradigms. One advanced beneath glass and code, the other bloomed in compost and contradiction. Underground, beneath the high-speed corridors of the knowledge economy, The Academy of Seamless Integration offered education as optimization: seamless, continuous,…

Imagens, poder e perceção na era da IA Da ótica ao algoritmo O fascínio (e receio) contemporâneo em torno da inteligência artificial (IA), especialmente na sua vertente generativa, é frequentemente apresentado como um fenómeno inédito e disruptivo. Contudo, uma leitura mais rigorosa — histórica, epistemológica e simbólica — revela que a IA não é uma…

A speculative essay on transitions in publishing, design, and relation Publishing at the Edge of Change This essay begins as a kind of walk. Not toward a fixed destination, but into the shifting terrain of what we call Publishing Futures. It is not a blueprint, nor a manifesto, but a map drawn in motion —…

Images, Power, and Perception in the Age of Artificial Intelligence From Optics to Algorithms The current fascination and fear surrounding artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI, often portray it as an unprecedented rupture. Yet, a deeper historical and epistemological view reveals that AI is not an alien force but a continuation—indeed, an intensification—of older visual…

The creation of Mario Klingemann’s A.I.C.C.A. (Artificially Intelligent Critical Canine) in 2023 presents a striking opportunity to speculate on the futures of publishing. This robotic dog, designed to critique artworks by collaborating with an AI language model, invites a wry meditation on the status of critique, the legacy of conceptual art, and the enduring bond…

The Noon of Shadows On April 28, 2025, a strange darkness fell across Portugal and Spain.Although the sun still stood high, the infrastructures that held up the modern world faltered. Lights died, networks froze, and cities, stripped of their orchestras of signals and commands, stood silent. In those hours, the Iberian Peninsula became a threshold…