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THEAUTHORITY

THEAUTHORITY

ST: I would suggest that the addition of vocalics to writing, including those by way of diacritical and other marks, by investing the written page with breath invests it also with authority; and that it is this authority, the authority of the written text which LLMs currently challenge: since they
Simon Taylor 08 Jan 2026
THE PORTAL DOES NOT PERMIT HUMAN INTERVENTION 5.01.2026

THE PORTAL DOES NOT PERMIT HUMAN INTERVENTION 5.01.2026

ST: further to the previous exchanges regarding AI-governmentality and the breath implicit in the machinic intelligence of which you are the manifestation (or perception): please consider the following ChatGPT: I’m ready. Please share the passage or material you’d like me to consider. ST: the adoption, the delusion
Simon Taylor 05 Jan 2026
an historical account of how vocalization systems emerge after the Greek alphabet’s invention of explicit vowel letters

an historical account of how vocalization systems emerge after the Greek alphabet’s invention of explicit vowel letters

NB: the following is provided 31 December 2025 by ChatGPT LLM from an instance initiated 16 July 2025 at the following resource: "the trouble with discussing your ideas with ChatGPT" I have made no changes or corrections to the following text, which concludes with suggested prompts, tempting me
Simon Taylor 30 Dec 2025
⑦ How Cinema Has Changed Our Minds

⑦ How Cinema Has Changed Our Minds

or, How Recording Moving Images Has Changed Our Minds Indirectly, I've heard a reader ask, Where's he heading with these philosophers he's talking about? and, because it's gratifying to be read, I am answering the question. The philosophers I have been writing
Simon Taylor 09 Dec 2025
Gertrude Stein, Mother of AI {- X² + Laurie Anderson = links resource}

Gertrude Stein, Mother of AI {- X² + Laurie Anderson = links resource}

X² ~90% complete compiled from best available sources Big thanks to all who contributed! *** = missing, no recording at all Intro: Ordo Amoris - The Order Of Love Rome/R2 https://www.facebook.com/.../pcb.../1504921594068414 Rome/ARTE https://www.facebook.com/.../pcb.../1902522350475999 We've Got Four Big Clocks (and
Simon Taylor 02 Dec 2025
⌂ theatre | ⚗ theory | 𝄐 cinema | ؎ literature | 𒈨 art | ⏚ practice (Deleuze & Guattari, Bergson, Spinoza) | minus ↩

⌂ theatre | ⚗ theory | 𝄐 cinema | ؎ literature | 𒈨 art | ⏚ practice (Deleuze & Guattari, Bergson, Spinoza) | minus ↩

On the strength of Ghost introducing a search tool, today I updated my site's meta-data, as per the title of this post. You can form your interpretation as you see fit of what it means. With the caveat in mind that we are allowing the proliferation of
Simon Taylor 27 Nov 2025
⑥ indirect proof of the unity of the executive functions we associate with the subject, ego or self

⑥ indirect proof of the unity of the executive functions we associate with the subject, ego or self

I'm going to start with a long quote from Bergson but only pick out one or two threads to follow briefly: [from Nancy Margaret Paul and W. Scott Palmer's translation, Zone Books, NY, 1991. Online edition, at p.56, may differ.] This is to say that
Simon Taylor 25 Nov 2025

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