Singler Beth
Junior Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence, Homerton College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England.
AI Soc. 2020;35(4):945-955. doi: 10.1007/s00146-020-00968-2. Epub 2020 Apr 30.
"My first long haul flight that didn't fill up and an empty row for me. I have been blessed by the algorithm ". The phrase 'blessed by the algorithm' expresses the feeling of having been fortunate in what appears on your feed on various social media platforms, or in the success or virality of your content as a creator, or in what gig economy jobs you are offered. However, we can also place it within wider public discourse employing theistic conceptions of AI. Building on anthropological fieldwork into the 'entanglements of AI and Religion' (Singler 2017a), this article will explore how 'blessed by the algorithm' tweets are indicative of the impact of theistic AI narratives: modes of thinking about AI in an implicitly religious way. This thinking also represents continuities that push back against the secularisation thesis and other grand narratives of disenchantment that claim secularity occurs because of technological and intellectual progress. This article will also explore new religious movements, where theistic conceptions of AI entangle technological aspirations with religious ones.
我的第一次长途航班没有满员，我有了一排空位。我被算法眷顾了。“被算法眷顾”这句话表达了一种感觉，即在各种社交媒体平台上出现在你信息流中的内容、作为创作者你的内容所取得的成功或传播度，或者你所获得的零工经济工作方面感到幸运。然而，我们也可以将其置于更广泛的公众话语中，运用对人工智能的有神论概念。基于对“人工智能与宗教的纠葛”的人类学田野调查（辛格勒，2017a），本文将探讨“被算法眷顾”的推文如何表明有神论人工智能叙事的影响：以一种隐含宗教色彩的方式思考人工智能的模式。这种思维也体现了连续性，与世俗化理论以及其他关于祛魅的宏大叙事相悖，这些叙事声称世俗性是由于技术和知识进步而出现的。本文还将探讨新宗教运动，在其中人工智能的有神论概念将技术抱负与宗教抱负纠缠在一起。
