A 2000 art piece predicted automated behaviour modification by remote crowds.
Evidence
Stelarc climbed into the machine, which he had named Movatar, and the system began to boot up. Soon enough, it connected to the internet where the invisible strangers awaited. Unlike a dancer who captivates you with the effortlessness of their movement, Movatar was compelling for its awkwardness. Its upper body moved jerkily, as if in opposition to the legs beneath. Its clumsy movements were strangely moving, brimming with significance – but signifying what exactly? I sensed a window opening onto the relationship between humans and their technologies, and the same contradictions that had inspired Hesiod. — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism, 653
Categorization
- CANDY: A memorable, shareable tidbit: in 2000 an artist let anonymous internet crowds remotely control his arms via an exoskeleton.
- QUESTION: The thread to Hesiod (likely Prometheus/technology theme) is underdeveloped — worth chasing where Varoufakis takes the classical allusion.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, 653
- XREF: connects to: AI interactions can influence human emotional responses and behaviors. — Joanna Stern, I Am Not a Robot- My Year Using AI to…, 583
Broader Connections
- AI interactions can influence human emotional responses and behaviors.
#expands(0.75) — Joanna Stern, I Am Not a Robot- My Year Using AI to…, 583