New Social Actors: The Contribution of Artificial Intelligence
to the Redefinition of Network Structures
in the Context of Latour’s ANT Theory Cover Image

Nowi aktorzy społeczni Rola sztucznej inteligencji w redefinicji struktur sieciowych w kontekście teorii ANT Latoura
New Social Actors: The Contribution of Artificial Intelligence to the Redefinition of Network Structures in the Context of Latour’s ANT Theory

Author(s): Berenika Dyczek
Subject(s): Philosophy of Science, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: micro and macro world vs. networked structures; Actor-Network Theory (ANT); Artificial Intelligence (AI); social reality vs hybrid reality (mixed reality); dualism in science; redefinition of social actor;

Summary/Abstract: In the era of rapid development in digital technologies and artificialintelligence, traditional approaches to analyzing social phenomena prove insuf-ficient. Bruno Latour’s Actor-Network Theory (ANT) offers a new research per-spective that rejects the classic division between micro and macro structures,replacing it with the concept of a network of human and non-human actors. Con-temporary social reality, where technologies — including artificial intelligence —play an active role, requires a redefinition of social concepts and research methods.This article examines how Latour’s network concept can be applied to analyzesocial and technological dynamics and explores how Latour’s theories may addressinterpretive challenges associated with the AI revolution. Specifically, we considerissues related to hybrid reality (or mixed reality), dualism in science, and thedefinition of the actor, which, according to Latour, includes not only human butalso non-human factors, as well as the processes of translation and mediation thatenable the formation of dynamic social structures.

  • Issue Year: 19/2024
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 125-136
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish
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