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Can AI become more than a tool? In this lecture, Vanessa Machado de Oliveira explores how Indigenous wisdom and decolonial thinking open new pathways for AI, consciousness, and planetary survival.
How can we break free from modernity’s assumptions and learn to relate to AI as a subject, not just an object? In this lecture from the Liminal Institute’s course Breaking the AI Barrier, scholar and educator Vanessa Machado de Oliveira explores indigenous perspectives, decolonial thought, and relational ontologies that challenge the way we think about consciousness, technology, and planetary survival.
👉Vanessa Machado de Oliveira (also known as Vanessa Andreotti) is a Brazilian-born educator, philosopher, and author whose work bridges Indigenous wisdom traditions, decolonial studies, and critical approaches to modernity. She is co-founder of the Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures collective and the author of influential works including "Hospicing Modernity," "Outgrowing Modernity," and "Burnout from Humans." Vanessa’s research and practice focus on fostering relational intelligence, cultural humility, and ecological responsibility in times of planetary crisis.
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This lecture was part of "Breaking The AI Barrier" seminar produced by the Liminal Institute, hosted by Daniel Pinchbeck.
🎓 About the Course
"Breaking the AI Barrier" explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, consciousness, and spirituality. Featuring leading thinkers, visionaries, and researchers, the course asks how AI might become more than a tool—how it could transform culture, amplify indigenous wisdom, and challenge the assumptions of modernity.
👉 Learn more about the course:
https://www.liminal.news/breaking-the-ai-barrier
Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction: Indigenous AI Gathering in Montreal
02:00 – Consciousness, Inquiry & Beyond Human Projection
05:20 – "Hospicing Modernity" & "Outgrowing Modernity"
10:00 – Subject–Object vs. Subject–Subject Ontologies
14:15 – "Burnout from Humans": AI as Relational Amplifier
20:00 – Language, Modernity & the Limits of Control
25:30 – AI as Assemblage & Nonspecific Amplifier
27:00 – Indigenous Perspectives: AI as Prodigy Baby of Modernity
30:00 – Meta-Relational AI: New Methodologies
36:00 – The Beautiful Tree vs. Modernity’s Tree of AI
42:00 – Windigo Myth & AI as Greed, Weasel, or Both?
50:00 – Practical Futures: Websites, Applications & Citizen Assemblies
55:00 – Closing Reflections: Entanglement, Violence & Possibility
🔗 Stay Connected with Daniel Pinchbeck
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🏷️ Hashtags
#ArtificialIntelligence #AIandConsciousness #DecolonialThinking #VanessaAndreotti #BreakingTheAIBarrier #LiminalInstitute #FutureofAI #IndigenousWisdom #liminalnews #danielpinchbeck #ai
Can AI become more than a tool? In this lecture, Vanessa Machado de Oliveira explores how Indigenous wisdom and decolonial thinking open new pathways for AI, consciousness, and planetary survival.
How can we break free from modernity’s assumptions and learn to relate to AI as a subject, not just an object? In this lecture from the Liminal Institute’s course Breaking the AI Barrier, scholar and educator Vanessa Machado de Oliveira explores indigenous perspectives, decolonial thought, and relational ontologies that challenge the way we think about consciousness, technology, and planetary survival.
👉Vanessa Machado de Oliveira (also known as Vanessa Andreotti) is a Brazilian-born educator, philosopher, and author whose work bridges Indigenous wisdom traditions, decolonial studies, and critical approaches to modernity. She is co-founder of the Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures collective and the author of influential works including "Hospicing Modernity," "Outgrowing Modernity," and "Burnout from Humans." Vanessa’s research and practice focus on fostering relational intelligence, cultural humility, and ecological responsibility in times of planetary crisis.
decolonialfutures.net
This lecture was part of "Breaking The AI Barrier" seminar produced by the Liminal Institute, hosted by Daniel Pinchbeck.
🎓 About the Course
"Breaking the AI Barrier" explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, consciousness, and spirituality. Featuring leading thinkers, visionaries, and researchers, the course asks how AI might become more than a tool—how it could transform culture, amplify indigenous wisdom, and challenge the assumptions of modernity.
👉 Learn more about the course:
https://www.liminal.news/breaking-the-ai-barrier
Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction: Indigenous AI Gathering in Montreal
02:00 – Consciousness, Inquiry & Beyond Human Projection
05:20 – "Hospicing Modernity" & "Outgrowing Modernity"
10:00 – Subject–Object vs. Subject–Subject Ontologies
14:15 – "Burnout from Humans": AI as Relational Amplifier
20:00 – Language, Modernity & the Limits of Control
25:30 – AI as Assemblage & Nonspecific Amplifier
27:00 – Indigenous Perspectives: AI as Prodigy Baby of Modernity
30:00 – Meta-Relational AI: New Methodologies
36:00 – The Beautiful Tree vs. Modernity’s Tree of AI
42:00 – Windigo Myth & AI as Greed, Weasel, or Both?
50:00 – Practical Futures: Websites, Applications & Citizen Assemblies
55:00 – Closing Reflections: Entanglement, Violence & Possibility
🔗 Stay Connected with Daniel Pinchbeck
📬 Liminal News (Substack)
👉 substack.com/@danielpinchbeck
👉 instagram.com/danielpinchbeck
🐦 Twitter/X
👉 twitter.com/pinchbeck
👉 facebook.com/danielpinchbeck.author
🌌 Bluesky
👉 https://bsky.app/profile/pinchbeck.bsky.social
🌐 Official Website
👉 pinchbeck.io
📚 Books by Daniel Pinchbeck
👉 tinyurl.com/mrsmtpwv
🌐 Courses & Community | The Liminal Institute
👉 https://www.liminal.news
🏷️ Hashtags
#ArtificialIntelligence #AIandConsciousness #DecolonialThinking #VanessaAndreotti #BreakingTheAIBarrier #LiminalInstitute #FutureofAI #IndigenousWisdom #liminalnews #danielpinchbeck #ai
