Belikova E.K. —
Cultural and philosophical foundations of artificial intelligence as a cultural phenomenon
// Man and Culture. – 2024. – ¹ 4.
– P. 88 - 99.
DOI: 10.25136/2409-8744.2024.4.71324
URL: https://en.e-notabene.ru/ca/article_71324.html
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Abstract: The object of research is artificial intelligence (AI); the subject of the study is the basis of its development by representatives of the philosophy of culture. It is noted that the philosophical understanding of technology, technology and AI began much earlier than artificial intelligence was created as a technological phenomenon, which indicates the essence of AI as a cultural phenomenon. Since modern times, representatives of the philosophy of culture have tried to comprehend AI, and their theoretical constructions today often look prophetic, which have found their full confirmation in our time. The earliest perspective of understanding the culture of AI was the internalization one (evaluation of human experience in relation to technology), which was then supplemented by the phatic (understanding of the possibility of communication with AI) and critical (criticism of interaction with technology and AI).
The research was carried out using general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, observation, description, etc. Special methods were used: systemic-structural, dialectical, cultural-historical. The main approach to the problem has become interdisciplinary.
The scientific novelty lies in identifying different angles of understanding the culture of AI in the history of cultural and philosophical thought. It is noted that the internalization perspective is most clearly manifested in the works of Hobbes, Leibniz, Descartes, Spinoza, Hume and other scientists seeking to understand the similarities between human and machine thinking, the possibility of repeating natural intelligence in artificial intelligence. A phatic perspective on understanding the culture of AI is characteristic of the works of Rickert, Toffler, Derrida, Barthes, Foucault and other philosophers who focused attention on the nature of the relationship between man and machine. A critical analysis of AI is manifested in the studies of Berdyaev, Heidegger, Sombart, Bell and other authors who talk about the dangers associated with AI.
Belikova E.K. —
Artificial intelligence as a tool built into the value system of modern culture
// Man and Culture. – 2024. – ¹ 2.
– P. 18 - 31.
DOI: 10.25136/2409-8744.2024.2.70030
URL: https://en.e-notabene.ru/ca/article_70030.html
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Abstract: The object of the study is the value system of modern culture; the subject of the research is ways to integrate AI into the modern system of cultural values. The prerequisite is a judgment about the external nature of the changes associated with AI in society, while the value system is internal, fixed in the ideas and beliefs of the individual, formed over the course of life (more than one generation) and difficult to transform. AI acts as a phenomenon of modern culture, which has a value-semantic nature. Its active use in various spheres of life by modern people occurs in conditions when its essence is not fully defined, its capabilities for preserving or transforming the value structure of cultural space have not been established.
The research was carried out on the basis of methods of analysis and synthesis, observation, description, etc. Systemic-structural, dialectical, cultural-historical, value-based, interdisciplinary approaches to the problem were used.
The scientific novelty of the study lies in the attempt to identify the functions of AI, acting as a cultural phenomenon and influencing cultural values. It is noted that AI, being a relevant and significant cultural phenomenon, undoubtedly affects values, but in different ways. Regarding some values, we can talk about a positive transformation in connection with AI (intelligence and knowledge, science and cognition, equality, collectivism, pleasure, hedonism, success, recognition), regarding others — about a negative one (trust, security), regarding others, which are the majority, — about a complex, ambiguous influence (freedom, preservation of human identity, family, humanistic and spiritual-moral values, health). It is concluded that specialists’ assessment of the nature of the development of the value-semantic structure of AI depends on their level of awareness, as well as on the presence of technophobia.