Plasticity at the Dawn of Deep Learning.

This article explores Catherine Malabou's philosophical concepts presented in her book Plasticity at the Dusk of Writing and their unexpected relevance to the emergence of deep learning and artificial intelligence (AI). Malabou diagnoses the eclipse of traditional writing and deconstruction, replaci...

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Publicado en:University of Toronto Quarterly Vol. 94; no. 2; pp. 202 - 217
Autor principal: Dougherty, Stephen
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Publicado: University of Toronto Press May2025
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