‘La caméra photographique est une intelligence artificielle’ Occurrence of the Notion of ‘Artificial Intelligence’ in Vilém Flusser’s writings
This essay is simply a compilation of the occurrences of the words “artificial intelligence” in all languages in Flusser’s writings. For lack of access to a global database, it is not exhaustive. It includes all occurrences in the French languages, and occurrences in other Flusser’s works that could be analyzed online in Portuguese, English and German. Flusser has used these words between 1982 and his death, in a variety of contexts, and with different meanings. Clearly, they have little to do with the meaning of AI today. While it is difficult to define a pattern of use of these words in his work, some of the quotations are noteworthy.
Occurrence of the words “artificial intelligence” (PDF 226.17 KB)