The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet by Konior, Bogna
The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet by Konior, Bogna

The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet

The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet investigates how intelligence-human and artificial-manifests under conditions of secrecy, hostility,...
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Author: Bogna Konior
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet by Konior, Bogna

The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet

$57.99 $32.37
The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet by Konior, Bogna

The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet

$57.99 $32.37
Author: Bogna Konior
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet investigates how intelligence-human and artificial-manifests under conditions of secrecy, hostility, and concealment.

Departing from Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin's dark forest theory, which frames the universe as a hostile terrain filled with predators where transparent communication is foolish and dangerous, the book portrays the internet as a cosmic war machine, teeming with existential tension, nascent AI cults, and deceptive superintelligences. It maps a digital world in which deception is safety, silence is strategy, and new forms of intelligence emerge through obfuscation.

Against decades of writing that moralizes or diagnoses online life, this book suggests a colder thesis: that intelligence itself is mutating under pressure, learning to hide, mislead, and manipulate. Humans are both predator and prey in this digital ecosystem of information exchange whose purpose reverberates on a cosmic scale, weaving us into inescapable patterns of violence. When we break with the ideals of dialogue and open expression, what forms of intelligence and morality survive in their absence? Intelligence does not reward the loudest voice, but the most secretive presence. The future belongs to the quietest signal.



Author: Bogna Konior
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 02/09/2026
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.05w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9781509569267

About the Author
Bogna Konior is Assistant Professor of Media Theory in the Interactive Media Arts department at NYU Shanghai.
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