Sequence 2 parts 2025

Arendt's Unfinished Book

Arendt never wrote the volume on judging. Can a machine write it, and what do we want from judging anyway?

  1. Can an AI Write Hannah Arendt’s Unfinished Book?

    A thought experiment for Arendt scholars and AI people: can pattern-completion ever replace judgment, and what do we learn when it tries?

  2. The Ghost Book: What Do We Want from Judging?

    Hannah Arendt’s unwritten book on judgment has become a kind of philosophical MacGuffin. What happens if we stop waiting for it to save us from the machines?

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