Sérgio
Rodrigues de Souza
Educator. Philosopher.
Post-PhD. in Psychology. Researcher. Scientific Consultant. E-mail:
srgrodriguesdesouza@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
This essay addresses
the topic that most challenges humanity at the moment: the speculation about
whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) can acquire an autonomous existence. Its
scientific relevance lies in the fact that it sheds light on the spaces that
are open and already occupied by machines that perform mechanical tasks that
were previously only human specificities. Added to this is the development of
programs and databases that allow access to information randomly, making it
seem like an autonomous intelligence, when in fact it is neither intelligent
nor merely automated. Its social relevance lies in the fact that it makes it
clear to the general population that no machine can replace human beings,
because humans think and reflect on what they think, and their actions and
procedures are governed by some kind of pathos, something that is impossible
for automatons. This is a broad and in-depth bibliographical and analytical
research, with the aim of summarizing a discussion that permeates the
contemporary world. The fact that Artificial Intelligence selects, among a
myriad of information, one that is closest to what was requested, does not make
it intelligent, considering that intelligent behavior is the product of the
analysis of the situation to which a value judgment is applied, not a
mechanical sentence. This overvaluation of artificial thinking as if it
faithfully represented the essence of human abstract thinking has as its
ultimate consequence a significant, growing and constant loss of the ability to
interpret objective reality, because the simplest problems cease to be analyzed
and, with this, the big problems also end up being delegated to a type of agent
that has no social responsibility for its decision. This represents the real
danger for the future, a replacement of the technical explanation about a
decision based on the values of a society for the elaboration of
justifications for the action of an automaton, as if this, by itself, were
capable of correcting the damage caused to those involved.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence. Automatons. Autonomous existence. Abstract thinking.
Reviewed by Current Scientific Journal
on
março 24, 2025
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