Topic: Schvitzgebel

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The film *Ex Machina* is used to illustrate how AI can be used to experiment on and control individuals. Dyer discusses "Schvitzgebel machines," which began as ankle bracelets for prisoners and evolved into total biometric surveillance systems. These "nomadic devices," like smartphones, are seen as tools to divorce humans from time and space, leading to a Gnostic-style transhumanist "apotheosis."