Epistechnology https://www.epistechnology.org/ An inquiry into technology, objects, human agency, and the conditions of knowledge. en Emmanuele F. Somma Spoken essays on technology, objects, human agency, and the conditions of knowledge. false Emmanuele F. Somma epistechnology@exedre.org To Know Is to Filter: Norbert Wiener and the Mirage of Semantic Estimation https://www.epistechnology.org/to-know-is-to-filter/ For Norbert Wiener, knowing was filtering: separating a stationary signal from corrupting noise. Contemporary AI inherits this premise, mistaking the statistical suppression of error for genuine understanding and judgment. Sun, 18 Oct 2026 01:00:00 +0200 urn:epistechnology:podcast:broadcast:006 6 false The Turing Betrayal https://www.epistechnology.org/the-turing-betrayal/ Turing's [imitation game](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing-test/) became a shorthand for machine intelligence. Its reception often collapses a question about observable performance into claims about understanding, then into a design preference for replacing people. Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:30:00 +0200 urn:epistechnology:podcast:broadcast:005 5 false Shannon's Warning Restored: Information, LLMs, and Meaning https://www.epistechnology.org/shannons-warning-restored/ In 1948, Claude Shannon separated transmission from semantics. With Large Language Models, treating statistical fluency as conscious understanding repeats an old error. Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0200 urn:epistechnology:podcast:broadcast:004 4 false The Myth of Autonomous Tech: Designers, Responsibility, and Biological Extension https://www.epistechnology.org/the-myth-of-autonomous-tech/ Modern discourse oscillates between viewing technology as a neutral tool or as an autonomous destiny. Both stances mask human architectural choices; genuine technical emancipation lies in Intelligence Augmentation as vital extension. Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0200 urn:epistechnology:podcast:broadcast:003 3 false Research Methodology: Critical Heuristics & Epistemic Demarcations https://www.epistechnology.org/methodology/ Operational heuristics, dialectical stress-testing, second-order curatorial acts, and epistemic demarcations governing the Epistechnology research program. Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:45:00 +0200 urn:epistechnology:podcast:broadcast:002 2 false Epistechnology: An Epistemology of Technology https://www.epistechnology.org/epistechnology/ Research manifesto of Epistechnology: technical objects as vital extensions, the critique of objectivity as an ethical imperative, and the orchestration of technical ensembles. Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0200 urn:epistechnology:podcast:broadcast:001 1 false