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Експроприация на данни, дигитални същества и деисторизация в ерата на постчовешкия капитализъм
Expropriation of Data, Digital Beings and Dehistoricization in the Era of Post-human Capitalism

Author(s): Sylvia Mineva, Dessislava Vassileva
Subject(s): Philosophy, Economy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Sociology, Social Informatics, Economic development, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Globalization
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: data expropriation; posthuman capitalism; digital slavery; personal data; alienation; dehistoricization

Summary/Abstract: The modern technological situation of interaction and universal connectivity of intelligent systems, smart platforms and artificial intelligence puts humanity in front of new moral and existential problems that affect its future as a species and humane treatment as the basis of fundamental human values – justice, freedom, well-being. In this context, the authors offer their analysis of the human-data nexus, the mass digital practice of personal data expropriation and the hidden coercion behind it as a new kind of enslaving addiction – digital slavery. According to the authors, this slavery can be considered a result of the emergence and development of the so-called post-human capitalism – a term introduced by Y. Ibrahim to denote the use of technological possibilities for data processing in the service of extracting added value and capitalizing on new spheres of life. The main conclusion is that dealing with new technological threats cannot rely on legal regulation alone and needs a humanitarian reading and revision of the principles driving social, economic and societal progress.

  • Issue Year: XXXI/2022
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 40-51
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bulgarian