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Land's remarks at the Incredible Machines conference of 8 March 2014 state that one question has guided all his interests for twenty years, “the teleological identity of capitalism and artificial intelligence”, a thesis he calls “more and more persuasive” to him. Copy claim link
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Date 2014-03-08 · event Records dated 2014 → Wording attested 2014-03-10. Wording known from the transcription by Jason Adams posted by the conference site on 2014-03-10. Role Articulation Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Scope and limits Spoken remarks in a transcription by Jason Adams posted by the conference site; the remarks pose the identity as a thesis and a question for discussion and give no argument for it. 'Teleological identity' is the speaker's phrase.
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The Teleological Identity of Capitalism and Artificial Intelligence ↗ Incredible Machines 2014 conference website (incrediblemachines.info); transcription by Jason Adams · 2014-03-08
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Source excerpt “There’s only really been one question, to be honest, that has guided everything I’ve been interested in for the last twenty years, which is: the teleological identity of capitalism and artificial intelligence.” Location in source Transcript, second paragraph
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Source details and check notes Authors Nick Land Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 8aa973b03e975f00d864da4e88611208597926d3a40fa71e24f26fa8e99aac71). Conference site's post 'Remarks to the participants of the Incredible Machines 2014 Conference, March 8, 2014', posted March 10, 2014 (final URL incrediblemachines.info/nick-land-the-teleological-identity-of-capitalism-and-artificial-intelligence/). Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-31 Language English (en) Attribution Nick Land, “The Teleological Identity of Capitalism and Artificial Intelligence”, 2014-03-08. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, machine succession, scale and acceleration (research/heterodox-thought). The quotation (32 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-11-01, item 38) classified the record’s passage blind and reached the same stance. No human editorial review. primary source Supports the claim
The Teleological Identity of Capitalism and Artificial Intelligence ↗ Incredible Machines 2014 conference website (incrediblemachines.info); transcription by Jason Adams · 2014-03-08
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Source excerpt “it’s a sort of fundamental thesis that’s becoming more and more persuasive to me.” Location in source Transcript, second paragraph
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Source details and check notes Authors Nick Land Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 8aa973b03e975f00d864da4e88611208597926d3a40fa71e24f26fa8e99aac71). Conference site's post 'Remarks to the participants of the Incredible Machines 2014 Conference, March 8, 2014', posted March 10, 2014 (final URL incrediblemachines.info/nick-land-the-teleological-identity-of-capitalism-and-artificial-intelligence/). Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-31 Language English (en) Attribution Nick Land, “The Teleological Identity of Capitalism and Artificial Intelligence”, 2014-03-08. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, machine succession, scale and acceleration (research/heterodox-thought). The quotation (14 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-11-01, item 38) classified the record’s passage blind and reached the same stance. No human editorial review. Status and meaning Editorial status. Machine-checked . Machines found this record and checked it against its sources; no person accepted it individually. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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Date. Heading of the conference site's transcript; posted 2014-03-10.
Record ID ht-w06-land-2014-teleological-identity