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by gom_jabbar 120 days ago
Yes, this is one of the main references for Nick Land's thesis that capitalism is (retrochronic) AI.

The one you cited is from Machinic Desire (1993). Interestingly, it also appears in the relatively unknown text Shorelines from the Making People Disappear exhibition (1993):

"What appears to humanity as the history of capitalism is an invasion from the future by an artificial intelligent space that must assemble itself entirely from its enemy's resources." [0]

[0] http://merliquify.com/artwork/exhibitions/making-people-disa... (p. 4)