Whose Singularity? Artificial Intelligence As A Mechanism Of Corporate Sovereignty

ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Andrew Davis, Assistant Professor (Creator)
Institution
Appalachian State University (ASU )
Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/

Abstract: This essay utilizes a social constructivist understanding of technology to critically interrogate dominant futurist and corporate narratives concerning artificial intelligence (AI). Through a consideration of the Singularity as the guiding metaphysical desire behind the technocratic push to general AI, it demonstrates that the development of artificial intelligence operates as a mechanism of corporate sovereignty—the construction and assertion of the legal form of the business corporation as the locus of social authority.

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Publication
Davis, A. (2021). Whose Singularity? Artificial Intelligence as a Mechanism of Corporate Sovereignty. Culture Machine, Vol. 20, September 2021. Publisher version of record available at: https://culturemachine.net/vol-20-machine-intelligences/whos-singularity-artificial-intelligence-as-a-mechanism-of-corporate-sovereignty-andrewdavis/
Language: English
Date: 2021
Keywords
machine intelligences, culture, communication, artificial intelligence (AI)

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