CAN AND SHOULD LANGUAGE MODELS ACT POLITICALLY? HANNAH ARENDT’S THEORY OF ACTION IN COMPARISON WITH GENERATIVE AI

• Authors: Ohly Lukas
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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At the heart of the debate about generative or autonomous AI is the concern that it could take action away from humans. Hannah Arendt, who gave the concept of action a political profile and opposed the automation tendencies of modernity, provides a basis for assessing fears that humans will cede their political action to AI. After an introduction to Arendt’s political theory of action, the paper examines whether AI can and should act. The focus is on linguistic models.

Keywords

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HANNAH ARENDT; AI TEXT-GENERATOR; DEMOCRACY; FREEDOM

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 79
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 501 – 513

Contributors

author

Ohly Lukas

• Fachbereich Evangelische Theologie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Norbert-Wollheim-Platz 1, D-60629 Frankfurt, Germany

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2024.79.5.3