159. The "Exception" and So-Called Artificial Intelligence

About this episode

The episode discusses insights from Carl Schmitt's 'Political Theology' in relation to LLM algorithms and the rule of law.

Carl Schmitt's short work "Political Theology" offers some key insights into the nature of LLM algorithms, and their key, fundamental fatal flaw. It's the same problem the "the rule of law" has. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Kruptos

Topics covered

• artificial intelligence
• political theology
• law
• LLM algorithms
• philosophy

Keywords

• artificial intelligence
• Carl Schmitt
• Political Theology
• LLM algorithms
• rule of law

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Political Theology

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