Una teoría crítica de la inteligencia artificial

Technological change affects a fundamental value of democratic societies: the capacity to decide. Increasingly, decisions, both everyday and political, are being automated and delegated to sophisticated devices. Based on a reflection on the concept of democratic decision-making, Innerarity rigorously develops a political philosophy of artificial intelligence that questions what kind of popular will is emerging, while distancing itself from technological determinism and catastrophic or apocalyptic positions. This essay, awarded the III Eugenio Trías Essay Prize, proposes a philosophical reflection on the main issues that artificial intelligence forces us to rethink: the capabilities of algorithms and those of humans; the nature of automation, intelligence, and creativity; the reliability of predictive analytics; the meaning of transparency; the intuitive and embodied dimension of knowledge; and the power and imprecision of data. The collective and social aspect of privacy, or the place of indeterminacy and chance in an environment mediated by algorithmic governance. From a perspective that is both critical and respectful of technological complexity, Innerarity proposes a novel idea of ​​the political control of technology that promotes equality and the democratization of the algorithmic environment, as well as a new social contract between humans and machines, in order to achieve their balanced and fair integration in a negotiable world. In the great debate on artificial intelligence, Innerarity re-examines the concept of democracy at the current technological crossroads.