A Plea for (In)Human-centred AI

Braun M, Meacham D (2024)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2024

Journal

Philosophy & Technology Springer Verlag

Book Volume: 37

Article Number: 97

Journal Issue: 3

DOI: 10.1007/s13347-024-00785-1

Abstract

In this article, we use the account of the “inhuman” that is developed in the work of the French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard to develop a critique of human-centred AI. We argue that Lyotard’s philosophy not only provides resources for a negative critique of human-centred AI discourse, but also contains inspiration for a more constructive account of how the discourse around human-centred AI can take a broader view of the human that includes key dimensions of Lyotard’s inhuman, namely performativity, vulnerability, and novelty. We link these dimensions to questions of epistemic injustice and social recognition. In this way, we hope to develop a proposal for what a richer and more meaningful understanding of human-centred AI might look like.

Additional Organisation(s)

Sonderforschungsbereich 1483/1 - Empathokinästhetische Sensorik - Sensortechniken und Datenanalyseverfahren zur empathokinästhetischen Modellbildung und Zustandsbestimmung (SFB EmpkinS)

Involved external institutions

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn DE Germany (DE) Maastricht University NL Netherlands (NL)

How to cite

APA:

Braun, M., & Meacham, D. (2024). A Plea for (In)Human-centred AI. Philosophy & Technology, 37(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-024-00785-1

MLA:

Braun, Matthias, and Darian Meacham. "A Plea for (In)Human-centred AI." Philosophy & Technology 37.3 (2024).

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