AIMODELS

Twenty-Second Annual Conference - Historical Materialism Registration is open and programme is online! Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order 6-9 November 2025, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: F...

This week, the 𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 will take part in the 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 in London. 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 will deliver the keynote lecture for the 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 and 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶 will launch his new book.

𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺: www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...

The call for abstracts for our symposium 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘮: 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘖𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 is now out!

Interested researchers are invited to submit an Abstract of 500 words and a brief biographical note (100 words), to worldalgorithm@unive.it.

www.unive.it/web/en/16571...

Our second seminar series on 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗜 is starting on Monday!

Giulia Gandolfi - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝟣𝟫𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺

📅 Monday, October 20
🕙 10:00–12:00 (CEST)
💻 meet.google.com/rtr-mexr-shb

To stay updated on upcoming sessions send a request to 𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀@𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲.𝗶𝘁

𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦 | 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗜

The call for papers for the next issue of the 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘐 is now open!

We welcome 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗟𝗠𝘀 that cross disciplinary boundaries between humanities and technical sciences.

Link: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

VLC Forum 2025: Matteo Pasquinelli. AI and Madness: On the Disalienation of the General Intellect | Vera List Center Oct 17, 2025

Do not miss the keynote lecture by Matteo Pasquinelli at the 𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙖 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 next Friday!

The 𝗩𝗟𝗖 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 | 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 will be held both in person and online

Info ▶ www.veralistcenter.org/events/vlc-f...

Lecture ▶ veralistcenter.org/events/keyno...

Vera List Center Forum 2025: Matter of Intelligence | Vera List Center Oct 17–Oct 18, 2025

Dear all, I will embark on a tour of NYC, Washington, and Toronto btw October 14-27... landing first for the lecture at the Vera List Center. Drop a line if around!

www.veralistcenter.org/events/vlc-f...

INDL-8 - International Network on Digital Labor International Network on Digital Labor is launching a dedicated chapter for the region. This conference provides a unique platform to present research related to the MEA region, both ongoing and/or bu...

On 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟮 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, Lorenzo De Lellis will give a talk titled 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘐 at the 𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗟 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, taking place in Bologna from 10 to 12 September.

Full program ➡ www.indl.network/indl-8/

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗩𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 symposium is starting Tomorrow at 2 pm!

Full program and info on the website ➡ unive.it/chat-token-v...

Those who are unable to join us in Venice can follow the symposium on Zoom (link below)

unive.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

See you tomorrow!

Lunedì 9 giugno Lorenzo De Lellis partecipa al seminario 𝘓𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘥𝘪 𝘉𝘪𝘨 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩 di 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗕𝗼𝘅.

L'intervento racconterà della creazione del microwork da parte di Amazon e delle sue radici teoriche e operative.

Programma completo su www.intotheblackbox.com | Immagine dal sito

Operativism - ICI Berlin The notion of ‘operativism’ had a notable career in the twentieth century, articulating the relation between Marxist theory and technological modernization, the working body and its optimization, mach...

Tomorrow 5 June at ICI Berlin!

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗺 - 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Matteo Pasquinelli is participating in this workshop organized by Marietta Kesting and Elena Vogman.

More information available on the ICI website:

www.ici-berlin.org/events/opera...

Silicon Valley’s Elusive Fantasy of a Computer as Smart as You

Cameo of Ca' Foscari for the New York Times trolling superintelligence fantasies...

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/t...

In the Name of Efficiency, the Time of Monsters has Arrived The great promise of modernity has always been efficiency. From Charles Babbage’s dream of mechanical calculation to the algorithmic optimization of labor in today’s AI-driven workplaces, efficiency i...

In the Name of Efficiency, the Time of Monsters has Arrived
Ron Salaj for @versobooks.bsky.social

www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/i...

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 and 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗼 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼, members of the AIMODELS team, will take part in the 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 at IUAV in the coming days (8-10 May).

Full program on the conference website: www.ai-venice2025.com

The image is taken from IUAV website (www.iuav.it)

Third event of this week!

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

📍Tesa 1, Ca' Foscari Zattere, Venice
🕒 7 May 2025, 14:00 - 16:00

With 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻 - Prof Emerita, Lancaster University UK

GMeet link: meet.google.com/kjk-wtwy-yqz

Secondo evento della settimana prossima!

𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙡’𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙯𝙖 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝗲 𝙂𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙚: 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼

📍Aula Valent, Malcanton Marcorà - Dorsoduro 3484/D, Venice
🕒 Martedì 6 Maggio, 16:00 - 18:00

Con 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂 e 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗮 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶.

Evento in italiano.

The first of three events next week at Ca' Foscari!

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗔𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿

📍Aula Biral, 4th floor, Malcanton Marcorà - Dorsoduro 3484/D, Venice
🕒 Monday 5 May, 16:30 - 18:00

Speaker: 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼, University of Luxembourg

From today until Sunday, part of our research team is participating in the 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 in Athens.

You can check out the full program on the conference website:

www.historicalmaterialism.org

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦

Alla scoperta del lavoro dell’intelligenza artificiale Il 2022 non era cominciato bene per l’industria tecnologica. Dopo una pandemia particolarmente redditizia, il settore aveva registrato una delle peggiori contrazioni di… Leggi

Grazie @internazionale.it per recensire Nell'occhio dell'algoritmo in uscita il 16 maggio per Carocci traducendo il buon @bentarnoff.com @nybooks.com



Alla scoperta del lavoro dell’intelligenza artificiale
Ben Tarnoff

www.internazionale.it/magazine/ben...

It is our pleasure to announce that 𝙇𝙪𝙘𝙮 𝙎𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙢𝙖𝙣, Professor Emerita at Lancaster University and a leading figure in the field of STS, will be visiting Ca’ Foscari until mid-May, hosted jointly by the ERC projects 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗫𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 and 𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦.

Esce finalmente per Carocci l’edizione italiana di The Eye of the Master... quasi undici anni dopo il primo sketch del progetto (ho riscoperto una nota del 2014!).

Si offre copia gratuita a docenti. PM here.

We are pleased to announce that our collegue, Francesca Carta, is going to present her work on Beck's Depression Inventory on March 28th at the 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 in Lübeck.

𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲
episthist.hypotheses.org

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CHAT TOKEN VECTOR
Questioning Models of Language and Neo-Structuralism in AI
11-13 June 2025, Venice

Confirmed speakers: Lydia Liu, Hannes Bajohr, Gianni Gastaldi, Leonardo Impett, Fabian Offert a.o.

Call for Papers: deadline April 1
unive.it/chat-token-vector

We are happy to announce a lecture held by Tommaso Guariento, post-doc researcher in the project ERC AImodels. Please note that the event will be in Italian and in-person, on Thursday 6th March 2025 at 5:30 pm, Aula 3 Rio Nuovo, Ca' Foscari University, Venice.