NLP has opened a new level for artificial intelligence: the truth. But AI text generators do not tell the truth reliably. That creates the contradiction of a truth-seeking authority saying something untrue. The paradigm of truth seems to be under attack. The threat of accepting AI as having the ability to speak truth pushes a model to a stereotype of truth that thwarts the possibility of becoming aware of further levels of truth. It will be asked what dynamics occur when we encounter the truth. From a phenomenological perspective, truth will be outlined as a dynamic experiencing-experience construct.
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.
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