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About this EpisodeIn this final video of Chapter 6, we ask: What is at stake when we mistake the social agent for the human being? Drawing on thought experiments and contemporary discourse on diversity, this episode explores how human character variability is already being managed—socially, politically, aesthetically—and speculates on how that management might be reimagined. If character variability is fundamental to the human being, should personal diversity be protected and cultivated just like social diversity? And what happens when we extend the politics of diversity inward, to the individual self?About this SeriesScripting for Agency: An Artistic Enquiry into Selfhood, Character and Agency in the Age of AI is a video lecture series based on Dr Katarina Ranković’s practice-based PhD in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. Combining philosophy, performance, creative writing, and AI theory, the series explores how our understanding of the self shapes our personal lives, our politics, and our relationship to intelligent technologies.LinksSeries Playlist: https://bit.ly/sfa-seriesPhD thesis (PDF format): https://bit.ly/sfa-pdfThesis artworks: https://bit.ly/sfa-artReferences- Alcoff, Linda. “The Problem of Speaking for Others.” Cultural Critique 20, no. 20 (1991): 5–32.- Cloke, Hannah. “Failure of Imagination.” New Scientist, 26 February 2022, 25.- Dennett, Daniel. Freedom Evolves. Harlow: Penguin, 2004.- Kaminski, Isabella. “Laws of Nature: Could UK Rivers Be Given the Same Rights as People?” The Guardian, 17 July 2021. https://www.theguardian.com/environme....- Mediaplanet. “A Mediaplanet Campaign Focused on Diversity in STEM.” New Scientist, 11 December 2021. https://issuu.com/mediaplanetuk/docs/....- UK Parliament. Human Rights Act 1998. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/....
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