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Philosophy column: Odysseus and rowers symbolize enlightenment's paradox of domination

Philosophy column reads Odyssey myth as allegory of enlightenment's paradox, contrasting Odysseus with alienated rowers.

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Adorno and Horkheimer read Odysseus, bound to the mast and enjoying the Sirens' song, as representing the bourgeois subject, and the rowers with plugged ears as symbolizing the alienated proletariat. [1] Christopher Nolan's film 'Odyssey', based on Homer's epic, is currently very popular, and Homer's book 'Odyssey' has become a bestseller due to the film's success. [2] Immanuel Kant defined enlightenment as escaping from immaturity by using one's own reason without direction from others. [3] Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer, in their book 'Dialectic of Enlightenment', ask why humanity fell into a new kind of barbarism instead of a truly human state. [4] In the opinion of the author, artificial intelligence is the first technology since the industrial acceleration of two centuries ago that truly changes the course of history, surpassing humans in mathematics, history, design, cooking, text editing, programming, and other fields. [5] The author argues that knowledge, once a costly technical asset purchased through high salaries and lifelong study, is now a commodity available for a few dollars thanks to AI. [6] The author claims that AI-generated texts and images already circulate in society, generating reactions, emotions, memories, and actions, thus ending the human monopoly on generating social meaning from tangible products. [7] The author predicts that in the coming years physical robotics will advance rapidly to give material form to the interconnected AI brain, making it the most expansive market of the near future. [8]
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  1. Adorno and Horkheimer read Odysseus, bound to the mast and enjoying the Sirens' song, as representing the bourgeois subject, and the rowers with plugged ears as symbolizing the alienated proletariat. · 동아일보
  2. Christopher Nolan's film 'Odyssey', based on Homer's epic, is currently very popular, and Homer's book 'Odyssey' has become a bestseller due to the film's success. · 동아일보
  3. Immanuel Kant defined enlightenment as escaping from immaturity by using one's own reason without direction from others. · 동아일보
  4. Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer, in their book 'Dialectic of Enlightenment', ask why humanity fell into a new kind of barbarism instead of a truly human state. · 동아일보
  5. In the opinion of the author, artificial intelligence is the first technology since the industrial acceleration of two centuries ago that truly changes the course of history, surpassing humans in mathematics, history, design, cooking, text editing, programming, and other fields. · Perfil
  6. The author argues that knowledge, once a costly technical asset purchased through high salaries and lifelong study, is now a commodity available for a few dollars thanks to AI. · Perfil
  7. The author claims that AI-generated texts and images already circulate in society, generating reactions, emotions, memories, and actions, thus ending the human monopoly on generating social meaning from tangible products. · Perfil
  8. The author predicts that in the coming years physical robotics will advance rapidly to give material form to the interconnected AI brain, making it the most expansive market of the near future. · Perfil
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