Chapter 15: Artificial intelligence and social memory: towards the cyborgian remembrance of an advancing mnemo-technic

In this chapter, I conceptually explore the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and social memory. I start by briefly outlining the idea of social memory and positioning AI systems as mnemonic technologies. Thereafter I discuss how memory has primarily been conflated with storage by AI...

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description In this chapter, I conceptually explore the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and social memory. I start by briefly outlining the idea of social memory and positioning AI systems as mnemonic technologies. Thereafter I discuss how memory has primarily been conflated with storage by AI researchers and developers before suggesting the alternative conflation of computation to remembrance to foster a more integrated and hybrid understanding of social memory in the AI era. Finally, after noting a predominantly instrumentalist concern with mnemonic technologies, and drawing on the works of Donna J. Haraway and Bernard Stiegler, I introduce the concepts of cyborgian remembrance and AI mnemotechnics to help grasp the complex relationship between AI and social memory. These concepts, I argue, can enable the decentering of human memory in ways that might better facilitate the critical analysis of the challenges and risks associated with AI’s increased influence on social memory matters.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1318942023-12-11T11:23:32Z Chapter 15: Artificial intelligence and social memory: towards the cyborgian remembrance of an advancing mnemo-technic Merrill, Samuel Memory; Remembering; AI; Technology; Cyborg; Technics UYQ In this chapter, I conceptually explore the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and social memory. I start by briefly outlining the idea of social memory and positioning AI systems as mnemonic technologies. Thereafter I discuss how memory has primarily been conflated with storage by AI researchers and developers before suggesting the alternative conflation of computation to remembrance to foster a more integrated and hybrid understanding of social memory in the AI era. Finally, after noting a predominantly instrumentalist concern with mnemonic technologies, and drawing on the works of Donna J. Haraway and Bernard Stiegler, I introduce the concepts of cyborgian remembrance and AI mnemotechnics to help grasp the complex relationship between AI and social memory. These concepts, I argue, can enable the decentering of human memory in ways that might better facilitate the critical analysis of the challenges and risks associated with AI’s increased influence on social memory matters. Published 2023-12-11T11:23:29Z 2023-12-11T11:23:29Z 2023-11-14 chapter 9781803928562 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/131894 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-of-critical-studies-of-artificial-intelligence-9781803928555.html https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-oa/book/9781803928562/book-part-9781803928562-20.xml Edward Elgar Publishing Edward Elgar Publishing 10.4337/9781803928562.00020 10.4337/9781803928562.00020 01ceac28-75b4-492a-8eec-f9b98bc6b28c https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 9781803928562 Edward Elgar Publishing Cheltenham, UK open access
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