{"id":16594,"date":"2026-01-08T13:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/?post_type=event&p=16594"},"modified":"2026-01-19T09:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:55:43","slug":"minds-machines-philosophies-for-the-digital-age","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/events\/minds-machines-philosophies-for-the-digital-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Minds + Machines \u2013 Philosophies for the Digital Age"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Minds + Machines (M+M)<\/strong> is a new discussion format in Linz that explores the relationships between digital technology, humans, societies, and the environment. Experts from IT:U \u2013 Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria<\/strong> engage in conversations with invited guests, discussing books from science and science fiction. The audience is actively invited to participate in the dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, we ask: Which digital futures do we want to imagine?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hosts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sonja Rattay, Christoph Hubatschke (IT:U)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Julia Grillmayr (University of Art and Design Linz)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master of Ceremonies<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Christopher Frauenberger (IT:U)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Episode 1: Intelligence(s)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

From bacterial cognition to animal intelligence and artificial intelligence in machines: encountering different forms of intelligence challenges the assumption that intelligence and cognition are exclusively human phenomena.
In the first edition of Minds + Machines<\/em>, we explore this diversity of intelligence by combining scientific analysis with perspectives from science fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Books discussed:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  • N. Katherine Hayles<\/strong>: Bacteria to AI: Human Futures with Our Nonhuman Symbionts<\/em> (2025), University of Chicago Press<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ray Nayler<\/strong>: The Mountain in the Sea<\/em> (2024), translated into German as Die Stimme der Kraken<\/em>, Klett-Cotta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    • Where:<\/strong> Digital City Studio, Pfarrgasse 9, Linz<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • When:<\/strong> 22 January 2026 | 18:00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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