The “Intelligent” Domination of Digital Capital and the Restoration of the Subject

FENG Rong; WU Xueqin

doi:10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2023060063

Volume 40 Issue 2

Apr. 2024

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FENG Rong, WU Xueqin. The “Intelligent” Domination of Digital Capital and the Restoration of the Subject[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2024, 40(2): 24-32. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2023060063

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FENG Rong, WU Xueqin. The “Intelligent” Domination of Digital Capital and the Restoration of the Subject[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2024, 40(2): 24-32. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2023060063

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The “Intelligent” Domination of Digital Capital and the Restoration of the Subject-Reflecting upon Feenberg’s Path of “Technological Democracy”

doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2023060063

The School of Marxism, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China

Received Date: 2023-06-21
Available Online: 2024-01-22
Publish Date: 2024-04-01

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In the era of digitalization, artificial intelligence has become a powerful force that profoundly impacts the world and reconfigures individual lives. Digital capital, due to the its covet manipulation of intelligent technologies, has shaped AI into a tool that meets the interests of capital and the inappropriate design and application of AI has led to the concealment of subject production, the absence of authentic interactions, and the alienation of genuine needs. Andrew Feenberg, through the notion of “technological code,” deconstructs the essence of technology as a convergence of tools and culture, exposing deep-rooted issues within the realm of technological design. He proposes a transformative path that emphasizes public interest and seeks to restore subjectivity through technological democracy. By engaging with Feenberg’s ideas on technological democracy, valuable insights are provided to transcend the dominion of the intelligent-digital capitalism. It is crucial to promptly regulate the improper application of capital power on artificial intelligence and employ multiple strategies to guide artificial intelligence toward ethical development. Only by doing so can we break free from the dominion of “intelligence” and achieve the restoration of subjectivity at a higher level.
- artificial intelligence,
- digital capital,
- technological democracy,
- subject restoration

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