What Would Lake Karla Want to Become? An Intelligence in Constant Metamorphosis
Abstract
The study examines Lake Karla as a dynamic and ambiguous landscape, where the concepts of uncertainty and liminality are central. Drawing on historical data and prompted by the current environmental crisis, Karla is analyzed as a site of negotiation between human and non-human agents, including ecosystems, artificial structures, technologies, and policy strategies. Artificial Intelligence (AI) operates as an “artificial observer,” reshaping knowledge about the landscape through geospatial data while simultaneously introducing new tensions by detaching from embodied and experiential realities. The analysis identifies how agents –ranging from the natural environment and local communities to sensors and algorithmic systems– co-create the lake’s identity and the intelligence of the landscape. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the study advocates for the adoption of ecological intelligence, recognizing uncertainty as a generative condition for sustainable management and reframing the question: “What would Lake Karla want to become?”
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Kotionis, Z., & Sotiriou, I. (2025). What Would Lake Karla Want to Become? An Intelligence in Constant Metamorphosis. Αutomaton: Journal of Digital Media and Culture, 3(2), 14–35. https://doi.org/10.12681/automaton.42667
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