The Specter of Automation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5801376 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zachary Biondi (0000-0002-9634-825X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1093-1110 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | philoSOPHIA (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2155-0905 • E-ISSN: 2155-0891 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11406-022-00604-x |
| OpenAlex | W4313908413 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 28 |
Karl Marx took technological development to be the heart of capitalism's drive and, ultimately, its undoing. Machines are initially engineered to perform functions that otherwise would be performed by human workers. The economic logic pushed to its limits leads to the prospect of full automation: a world in which all labor required to meet human needs is superseded and performed by machines. To explore the future of automation, the paper considers a specific point of resemblance between human beings and machines: intelligence. Examining the development of machine intelligence through the Marxist concepts of alienation and reification reveals a tension between certain technophilic post-labor visions and the reality of capitalistic development oriented towards intelligent technology. If the prospect of a post-labor world depends on technologies that closely resemble humans, the world can no longer be described as post-labor. The tension has implications for the potential moral status of machines and the possibility of full automation. The paper considers these implications by outlining four possible futures of automation
Philosophy of technology · Reification (Marxism · Technological determinism · Vision · Digital Education and Society · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
The Machine Question
Humans and Robots
Critique of the Power of Judgment
Inhuman Power
Robots should be slaves
Welcoming Robots into the Moral Circle
Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person
Black Rights/White Wrongs
A Theory of General Ethics
Debate
Karl Marx on Technology and Alienation
Machines and the Moral Community
Robots, Jobs, Taxes, and Responsibilities
To-Do Is to Be
Granting Automata Human Rights
In Defense of Biocentrism
Robovie, you'll have to go into the closet now
Growing Moral Relations
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |