ZACHARY COOPER –- THE UTILITY OF INCOHERENCE

Can Dadaist tactics of incoherence and nonsense still hold emancipatory power in a world governed by predictive algorithms? Zachary Cooper, a legal scholar researching emergent technologies, delves into how theyAI subverts and confounds foundational legal tenets. As technology's influence expands, state operations increasingly mirror its designs and ideologies. Personal freedom is framed within the narrow corridors of these restricted technological blueprints. The Dadaist allure of emancipating oneself through unpredictability, chaos and sheer nonsense becomes ever more valid, and yet the question remains: Has it been co-opted by the systems it resisted? Whilst particular individuals turn towards nonsense to evacuate, major corporations harness the power of incoherence to slip beyond state oversight and amass unchecked wealth.