La cifra della politica. Intelligenza artificiale, sfera pubblica e autonomia

Abstract

Against the backdrop of Habermas’s reinterpretation of the concept of the public sphere in the context of the advanced digitalisation of modern societies, this paper explores the emergence of AI in everyday life and the significant socio-anthropological transformations it implies. How does one become a political subject in an arena in which the orientation towards the “free” formation of public opinion registers a heteronomy linked to the context of the autonomous capacity for subjectivation? Can the neural simulation of deep learning that animates algorithmic computation devices be able to over-determine the gap between neuronal reductionism and the creative spirit that transcends physiological operations? Can the political technology that appears in the political-electoral sphere by dint of false context data be able to realize the predictions boasted by AI algorithms? Can the increasingly widespread use of information through digital and AI devices, linked to decades of downsizing in educational institutions at every educational level, compensate for the increasingly stifled and depleted natural intelligence?