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The Quietus: Rotting Tape and the Gentrification of African Pop: Why We Must Save the Nollywood Archive. “VHS magnetic tape is incredibly fragile and has a limited lifespan, especially when stacked haphazardly in the un-airconditioned corners of Lagos living rooms or the labyrinthine, corrugated-iron warehouses of Alaba International Market. As I write this, thousands of original films from the […]

The Quietus: Rotting Tape and the Gentrification of African Pop: Why We Must Save the Nollywood Archive. “VHS magnetic tape is incredibly fragile and has a limited lifespan, especially when stacked haphazardly in the un-airconditioned corners of Lagos living rooms or the labyrinthine, corrugated-iron warehouses of Alaba International Market. As I write this, thousands of original films from the […]

The Quietus: Rotting Tape and the Gentrification of African Pop: Why We Must Save the Nollywood Archive. “VHS magnetic tape is incredibly fragile and has a limited lifespan, especially when stacked haphazardly in the un-airconditioned corners of Lagos living rooms or the labyrinthine, corrugated-iron warehouses of Alaba International Market. As I write this, thousands of original films from the […]

The Quietus: Rotting Tape and the Gentrification of African Pop: Why We Must Save the Nollywood Archive. “VHS magnetic tape is incredibly fragile and has a limited lifespan, especially when stacked haphazardly in the un-airconditioned corners of Lagos living rooms or the labyrinthine, corrugated-iron warehouses of Alaba International Market. As I write this, thousands of original films from the […]

The Quietus: Rotting Tape and the Gentrification of African Pop: Why We Must Save the Nollywood Archive. “VHS magnetic tape is incredibly fragile and has a limited lifespan, especially when stacked haphazardly in the un-airconditioned corners of Lagos living rooms or the labyrinthine, corrugated-iron warehouses of Alaba International Market. As I write this, thousands of original films from the […]

what is the datafied web? how to study it? and reimagine it? we chat in Internet Histories journal ✨🐰🦔🐨🐢🦉🐿️🦙🦆💬 https://jonathangray.org/2026/05/18/datafied-web
with @nthylstrup Miglė Bareikytė, Carolin Gerlitz, @sebgiessmann @annehelmond Ian Milligan & Valérie Schafer.
come for the datafied web - stay for the AI #slop #adtech #deepfakes #bots #leaks #trolls #bubbles #linkrot #fintech #osint #dataloss #softwaredecay #venturecapital #platformlabour #webarchives #diywebsites #algorithms #surveillancecapitalism #poeticcomputation & more 😋

what is the datafied web? how to study it? and reimagine it? we chat in Internet Histories journal ✨🐰🦔🐨🐢🦉🐿️🦙🦆💬 https://jonathangray.org/2026/05/18/datafied-web
with @nthylstrup Miglė Bareikytė, Carolin Gerlitz, @sebgiessmann @annehelmond Ian Milligan & Valérie Schafer.
come for the datafied web - stay for the AI #slop #adtech #deepfakes #bots #leaks #trolls #bubbles #linkrot #fintech #osint #dataloss #softwaredecay #venturecapital #platformlabour #webarchives #diywebsites #algorithms #surveillancecapitalism #poeticcomputation & more 😋

what is the datafied web? how to study it? and reimagine it? we chat in Internet Histories journal ✨🐰🦔🐨🐢🦉🐿️🦙🦆💬 https://jonathangray.org/2026/05/18/datafied-web
with @nthylstrup Miglė Bareikytė, Carolin Gerlitz, @sebgiessmann @annehelmond Ian Milligan & Valérie Schafer.
come for the datafied web - stay for the AI #slop #adtech #deepfakes #bots #leaks #trolls #bubbles #linkrot #fintech #osint #dataloss #softwaredecay #venturecapital #platformlabour #webarchives #diywebsites #algorithms #surveillancecapitalism #poeticcomputation & more 😋

what is the datafied web? how to study it? and reimagine it? we chat in Internet Histories journal ✨🐰🦔🐨🐢🦉🐿️🦙🦆💬 https://jonathangray.org/2026/05/18/datafied-web
with @nthylstrup Miglė Bareikytė, Carolin Gerlitz, @sebgiessmann @annehelmond Ian Milligan & Valérie Schafer.
come for the datafied web - stay for the AI #slop #adtech #deepfakes #bots #leaks #trolls #bubbles #linkrot #fintech #osint #dataloss #softwaredecay #venturecapital #platformlabour #webarchives #diywebsites #algorithms #surveillancecapitalism #poeticcomputation & more 😋

what is the datafied web? how to study it? and reimagine it? we chat in Internet Histories journal ✨🐰🦔🐨🐢🦉🐿️🦙🦆💬 https://jonathangray.org/2026/05/18/datafied-web
with @nthylstrup Miglė Bareikytė, Carolin Gerlitz, @sebgiessmann @annehelmond Ian Milligan & Valérie Schafer.
come for the datafied web - stay for the AI #slop #adtech #deepfakes #bots #leaks #trolls #bubbles #linkrot #fintech #osint #dataloss #softwaredecay #venturecapital #platformlabour #webarchives #diywebsites #algorithms #surveillancecapitalism #poeticcomputation & more 😋

https://www.europesays.com/ch/72691/ Roche launches Liver Disease Panel for chronic liver disease #algorithms #ChronicLiverDisease #LiverDiseasePanel #LiverFibrosis #LiverPRO #MASLD #RHHBY #Roche

https://www.europesays.com/ch/72671/ Roche launches the Liver Disease Panel, the first suite of certified algorithms to support Chronic Liver Disease management #algorithms #Certified #chronic #disease #first #launches #Liver #Management #of #panel #Roche #suite #Support #the #to

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
11/
The Verdict

Kolmogorov's quote is a brilliant challenge to human ego, but it assumes the model is modeling the *entity*. Current AI is modeling the *artifact* (our language).

An LLM can give you the perfect answers, but it does so via a shortcut that has nothing to do with thinking. It is a masterpiece of statistical interpolation, acting as a flawless mirror of human thought, while remaining completely hollow inside.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
11/
The Verdict

Kolmogorov's quote is a brilliant challenge to human ego, but it assumes the model is modeling the *entity*. Current AI is modeling the *artifact* (our language).

An LLM can give you the perfect answers, but it does so via a shortcut that has nothing to do with thinking. It is a masterpiece of statistical interpolation, acting as a flawless mirror of human thought, while remaining completely hollow inside.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
11/
The Verdict

Kolmogorov's quote is a brilliant challenge to human ego, but it assumes the model is modeling the *entity*. Current AI is modeling the *artifact* (our language).

An LLM can give you the perfect answers, but it does so via a shortcut that has nothing to do with thinking. It is a masterpiece of statistical interpolation, acting as a flawless mirror of human thought, while remaining completely hollow inside.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
11/
The Verdict

Kolmogorov's quote is a brilliant challenge to human ego, but it assumes the model is modeling the *entity*. Current AI is modeling the *artifact* (our language).

An LLM can give you the perfect answers, but it does so via a shortcut that has nothing to do with thinking. It is a masterpiece of statistical interpolation, acting as a flawless mirror of human thought, while remaining completely hollow inside.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
11/
The Verdict

Kolmogorov's quote is a brilliant challenge to human ego, but it assumes the model is modeling the *entity*. Current AI is modeling the *artifact* (our language).

An LLM can give you the perfect answers, but it does so via a shortcut that has nothing to do with thinking. It is a masterpiece of statistical interpolation, acting as a flawless mirror of human thought, while remaining completely hollow inside.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
10/
Similarly, an LLM can bypass the structural engine of consciousness—subjective experience, emotion, and situational awareness—and still generate the text of a genius. It looks "sufficiently complete" on the page, but only because human language is structured enough to be mathematically modeled.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
10/
Similarly, an LLM can bypass the structural engine of consciousness—subjective experience, emotion, and situational awareness—and still generate the text of a genius. It looks "sufficiently complete" on the page, but only because human language is structured enough to be mathematically modeled.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
10/
Similarly, an LLM can bypass the structural engine of consciousness—subjective experience, emotion, and situational awareness—and still generate the text of a genius. It looks "sufficiently complete" on the page, but only because human language is structured enough to be mathematically modeled.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
10/
Similarly, an LLM can bypass the structural engine of consciousness—subjective experience, emotion, and situational awareness—and still generate the text of a genius. It looks "sufficiently complete" on the page, but only because human language is structured enough to be mathematically modeled.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
10/
Similarly, an LLM can bypass the structural engine of consciousness—subjective experience, emotion, and situational awareness—and still generate the text of a genius. It looks "sufficiently complete" on the page, but only because human language is structured enough to be mathematically modeled.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
9/
If we build a flawless robotic flower out of plastic and wires that opens when light hits it, releases a synthetic fragrance, and attracts real bees, it is a highly sophisticated model. But it is not a "living being," because it bypasses the entire structural engine of biology—metabolism, cellular reproduction, and organic evolution.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms
#models

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
9/
If we build a flawless robotic flower out of plastic and wires that opens when light hits it, releases a synthetic fragrance, and attracts real bees, it is a highly sophisticated model. But it is not a "living being," because it bypasses the entire structural engine of biology—metabolism, cellular reproduction, and organic evolution.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms
#models

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
9/
If we build a flawless robotic flower out of plastic and wires that opens when light hits it, releases a synthetic fragrance, and attracts real bees, it is a highly sophisticated model. But it is not a "living being," because it bypasses the entire structural engine of biology—metabolism, cellular reproduction, and organic evolution.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms
#models

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
9/
If we build a flawless robotic flower out of plastic and wires that opens when light hits it, releases a synthetic fragrance, and attracts real bees, it is a highly sophisticated model. But it is not a "living being," because it bypasses the entire structural engine of biology—metabolism, cellular reproduction, and organic evolution.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms
#models

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
9/
If we build a flawless robotic flower out of plastic and wires that opens when light hits it, releases a synthetic fragrance, and attracts real bees, it is a highly sophisticated model. But it is not a "living being," because it bypasses the entire structural engine of biology—metabolism, cellular reproduction, and organic evolution.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms
#models

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
8/
The Functionalist Blindspot

The fundamental issue with applying Kolmogorov to current AI is that it mistakes behavorial mimicry for structural equivalence.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
8/
The Functionalist Blindspot

The fundamental issue with applying Kolmogorov to current AI is that it mistakes behavorial mimicry for structural equivalence.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
8/
The Functionalist Blindspot

The fundamental issue with applying Kolmogorov to current AI is that it mistakes behavorial mimicry for structural equivalence.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
8/
The Functionalist Blindspot

The fundamental issue with applying Kolmogorov to current AI is that it mistakes behavorial mimicry for structural equivalence.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
8/
The Functionalist Blindspot

The fundamental issue with applying Kolmogorov to current AI is that it mistakes behavorial mimicry for structural equivalence.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
7/
Because of this architecture, an LLM can mimic the products of thought (arguments, poetry, code) flawlessly without ever executing the process of thought (intent, reflection, comprehension). It achieves a high degree of superficial completeness in the medium of text, but the internal model of a "thinking being" is entirely absent.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
7/
Because of this architecture, an LLM can mimic the products of thought (arguments, poetry, code) flawlessly without ever executing the process of thought (intent, reflection, comprehension). It achieves a high degree of superficial completeness in the medium of text, but the internal model of a "thinking being" is entirely absent.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
7/
Because of this architecture, an LLM can mimic the products of thought (arguments, poetry, code) flawlessly without ever executing the process of thought (intent, reflection, comprehension). It achieves a high degree of superficial completeness in the medium of text, but the internal model of a "thinking being" is entirely absent.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
7/
Because of this architecture, an LLM can mimic the products of thought (arguments, poetry, code) flawlessly without ever executing the process of thought (intent, reflection, comprehension). It achieves a high degree of superficial completeness in the medium of text, but the internal model of a "thinking being" is entirely absent.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
7/
Because of this architecture, an LLM can mimic the products of thought (arguments, poetry, code) flawlessly without ever executing the process of thought (intent, reflection, comprehension). It achieves a high degree of superficial completeness in the medium of text, but the internal model of a "thinking being" is entirely absent.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
6/
The Predictive Loop: When an LLM generates a response, it is calculating the next most statistically probable token based on patterns in its training data. It is a highly articulate calculator optimization loop.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
6/
The Predictive Loop: When an LLM generates a response, it is calculating the next most statistically probable token based on patterns in its training data. It is a highly articulate calculator optimization loop.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
6/
The Predictive Loop: When an LLM generates a response, it is calculating the next most statistically probable token based on patterns in its training data. It is a highly articulate calculator optimization loop.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
6/
The Predictive Loop: When an LLM generates a response, it is calculating the next most statistically probable token based on patterns in its training data. It is a highly articulate calculator optimization loop.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
6/
The Predictive Loop: When an LLM generates a response, it is calculating the next most statistically probable token based on patterns in its training data. It is a highly articulate calculator optimization loop.

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
5/
There is a profound difference between a model that simulates a thinking being and a model that predicts the text a thinking being would write.

*A Model of text vs. A Model of reality*:

An LLM does not possess a model of a physical universe, a sense of self, or an internal arena where it weighs decisions. It possesses a highly sophisticated, multi-dimensional geometric map of human language."

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
5/
There is a profound difference between a model that simulates a thinking being and a model that predicts the text a thinking being would write.

*A Model of text vs. A Model of reality*:

An LLM does not possess a model of a physical universe, a sense of self, or an internal arena where it weighs decisions. It possesses a highly sophisticated, multi-dimensional geometric map of human language."

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
5/
There is a profound difference between a model that simulates a thinking being and a model that predicts the text a thinking being would write.

*A Model of text vs. A Model of reality*:

An LLM does not possess a model of a physical universe, a sense of self, or an internal arena where it weighs decisions. It possesses a highly sophisticated, multi-dimensional geometric map of human language."

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
5/
There is a profound difference between a model that simulates a thinking being and a model that predicts the text a thinking being would write.

*A Model of text vs. A Model of reality*:

An LLM does not possess a model of a physical universe, a sense of self, or an internal arena where it weighs decisions. It possesses a highly sophisticated, multi-dimensional geometric map of human language."

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
5/
There is a profound difference between a model that simulates a thinking being and a model that predicts the text a thinking being would write.

*A Model of text vs. A Model of reality*:

An LLM does not possess a model of a physical universe, a sense of self, or an internal arena where it weighs decisions. It possesses a highly sophisticated, multi-dimensional geometric map of human language."

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
4/
Under this rule, if the output displays genuine insight, it is irrelevant whether it came from a carbon-based biological brain or a silicon-based statistical network. The functionality is the thought.

The Counter-Argument: Is an LLM "Sufficiently Complete"?

The breakdown happens when we look under the hood of current Large Language Models and ask if they actually meet Kolmogorov’s criteria of a "complete model."

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
4/
Under this rule, if the output displays genuine insight, it is irrelevant whether it came from a carbon-based biological brain or a silicon-based statistical network. The functionality is the thought.

The Counter-Argument: Is an LLM "Sufficiently Complete"?

The breakdown happens when we look under the hood of current Large Language Models and ask if they actually meet Kolmogorov’s criteria of a "complete model."

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms

@si_irini @mina @HistoPol
4/
Under this rule, if the output displays genuine insight, it is irrelevant whether it came from a carbon-based biological brain or a silicon-based statistical network. The functionality is the thought.

The Counter-Argument: Is an LLM "Sufficiently Complete"?

The breakdown happens when we look under the hood of current Large Language Models and ask if they actually meet Kolmogorov’s criteria of a "complete model."

#AI
#LLM
#Kolmogorov
#algorithms