Capital as Artificial Intelligence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5772313 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerry Canavan (Marquette University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 685-709 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8758 • E-ISSN: 1469-5154 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s002187581500167x |
| OpenAlex | W2297326559 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article examines science-fictional allegorizations of Soviet-style planned economies, financial markets, autonomous trading algorithms, and global capitalism writ large as nonhuman artificial intelligences, focussing primarily on American science fiction of the Cold War period. Key fictional texts discussed include Star Trek , Isaac Asimov's Machine stories, Terminator , Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano (1952), Charles Stross's Accelerando (2005), and the short stories of Philip K. Dick. The final section of the article discusses Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312 (2012) within the contemporary political context of accelerationist anticapitalism, whose advocates propose working with "the machines" rather than against them
Art · Art history · Capitalism · Context (archaeology) · Economic history · Economics · Literature · Management · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Star trek · Style (visual arts) · Writ · History · Law · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2020 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |