Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Prologue BEGINNING PHILOSOPHY 1
4. PART I Experiments in (Machine) Thinking
5. 1 ENTER THE MALICIOUS DECEIVER 11
6. 2 (DIS)SIMULATING THINKING MACHINES 44
7. Interlude AUTO - HISTORY 91
8. PART II The Synthetic Real
9. 3 SYNTHETICA (Un)picturing Plastic Worlds 139
10. 4 ON CIRCULATION Virality and Internet Performances 181
11. Epilogue NOTES TOWARD A LIVING PRACTICE 229
12. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 239
13. NOTES 243
14. INDEX 301