Anthropology: Issues to Be Debated
In these troubled times there is an urgent need for the most rigorous intellectual inquiry into human agency. The contributions of Rekh Magazine and Rekh Magazine Papers (a quarterly print publication) are dedicated to this endeavor, offering interdisciplinary perspectives united by a commitment to understanding personal complexity. In this interview, we engage in dialogue with the philosopher Gianluigi Segalerba, an Italian excellence on the global stage, as an introduction
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Authoring a Tv Format with AI
A celebrated TV writer has carried out an experiment: working with AI to develop a new television format. As Rekh Magazine spends this month exploring human agency versus machines' agentic skills, this interview provides plenty of food for thought La copertina del volume di Primavera Fisogni C osa può succedere se un autore televisivo di grande successo, per il valore della propria riconosciuta creatività, si mette al lavoro con l’intelligenza artificiale per forgiare un nuov
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Torture: Why Beccaria Still Calls for Us
In a world of seemingly endless conflict, cruelty is becoming a common trait. In Iran, in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, in the Middle East and in dozens of countries experiencing low-intensity warfare, torture has become an everyday occurrence. In the months dedicated to human agency in dialogue with the perspectives of agentic AI, Rekh Magazine asked Professor Gianluigi Segalerba to contribute papers and videos to explore the human condition in depth. We begin with some co
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Literary Characters and Free Agency
How can the dramatis personae, in a novel or drama, autonomously act? What's the role of the author in shaping them? Novelist Federica Rossi explores this topic through the lens of her personal experience for Rekh Magazine, which is currently examining the couple of terms "agent / agentic" The most expected message for an author (Wix Pic) Di Federica Rossi U n personaggio forte, debole, affascinante, triste, allegro, dotato di tutte le caratteristiche autentiche dell’essere u
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Between Machinity and Humanity
Rekh Magazine, within the frame of an interdisciplinary investigation about the concept of human agent / agentic AI, explores the idea of "machinity" ( macchinità ), a recently coined term defining the unconscious emic attitude through which humans inhabit technology, treating it as an extension of themselves rather than a mere tool. Engineer Paolo Foglio, who authored the essay "Macchinità", challenges the current definition of Artificial Intelligence, proposing it be rename
Jan 1125 min read
Artificial Intelligence: What's at Stake
With an article by Gianfranco Brevetto, Italian sociologist and editor-in-chief of Exagere magazine (Società Italiana di Psicologia e Pedagogia), we embark on an in-depth exploration of human action and the agency of digital machines. As usual, Rekh Magazine, a journal of systemic thinking, adopts an interdisciplinary approach Immagine generata con AI da Gemini di Gianfranco Brevetto L ’Intelligenza Artificiale è destinata a restare, chissà ancora per quanto tempo, in bilic
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Things that Matter. A Call for Papers
The spring issue of Rekh Magazine Papers will be dedicated to exploring how contemporary design is changing its approach to materials. Invitation to submit texts in English and in Italian The spring issue of Rekh Magazine Papers will be dedicated to exploring how contemporary design is changing its approach to materials. Designers, architects and philosophers will discuss key words such as sustainability, disassembly, reconceptualisation, new materials and the ontology of mat
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