The Long Now Foundation presents a “A Philosophy Of Planetary Computation: From Antikythera to Synthetic Intelligence” with Benjamin Bratton in the Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture.

The talk happens on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (check-in begins at 6:00 p.m.).

Speaker Benjamin Bratton is Professor of Philosophy of Technology and Speculative Design at the University of California, San Diego. He is also Director of Antikythera, a cross-disciplinary think-tank researching the philosophy of computation supported by the Berggruen Institute, and Visiting Faculty Researcher in Google’s Paradigms of Intelligence group. His current book projects address the history of planetary technologies, the evolutionary paradox of intelligence, a formal theory of artificialization, and the paradigmatic conjunction of biology and technology.