Artificial General Intelligence
a Critical Analysis from the Perspective of Álvaro Vieira Pinto
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The article examines hegemonic discourses on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) through the thinking of Brazilian philosopher Álvaro Vieira Pinto. To this end, it is divided into two parts: the first, based on contemporary perspectives, discusses the centrality of IAG as a technopolitical actor. Next, we revisit Vieira Pinto’s debate on the ideologization of technology, drawing attention to the omission of political, social and ethical issues in technoscientific progress. We conclude that Vieira Pinto’s reflections, although they predate modern AI, offer a privileged insight into the fetishisation of technology and its power relations.
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