Ai and/as racialised political theology

Building on earlier work engaging with the entanglement of artificial intelligence (AI) and apocalypticism and both with whiteness (Ali 2019), in the present essay I explore AI through the lens of a political theology informed by critical race theory and decolonial thought. The essay begins...

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Main Author: Ali Syed Mustafa
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Published: Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade 2024-01-01
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Online Access:https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2024/0353-57382403645A.pdf
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description Building on earlier work engaging with the entanglement of artificial intelligence (AI) and apocalypticism and both with whiteness (Ali 2019), in the present essay I explore AI through the lens of a political theology informed by critical race theory and decolonial thought. The essay begins by setting out the meaning of a few key concepts, viz. AI, political theology, ‘The World’, and the apocalyptic, before going on to consider their relationship, and concludes by briefly sketching an oppositional stance that I suggest is appropriate to adopt in relation to AI where the latter is understood as a manifestation of racialised political theology.
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spelling doaj-art-deda0472e3f84f9c8e219c8b265e14722025-08-20T02:09:51ZdeuInstitute for Philosophy and Social Theory, BelgradeFilozofija i Društvo0353-57382334-85772024-01-0135364566610.2298/FID2403645A0353-57382403645AAi and/as racialised political theologyAli Syed Mustafa0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9004-7296Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UKBuilding on earlier work engaging with the entanglement of artificial intelligence (AI) and apocalypticism and both with whiteness (Ali 2019), in the present essay I explore AI through the lens of a political theology informed by critical race theory and decolonial thought. The essay begins by setting out the meaning of a few key concepts, viz. AI, political theology, ‘The World’, and the apocalyptic, before going on to consider their relationship, and concludes by briefly sketching an oppositional stance that I suggest is appropriate to adopt in relation to AI where the latter is understood as a manifestation of racialised political theology.https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2024/0353-57382403645A.pdfartificial intelligencepolitical theologyracismcritical race theorydecolonial thought
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Ai and/as racialised political theology
Filozofija i Društvo
artificial intelligence
political theology
racism
critical race theory
decolonial thought
title Ai and/as racialised political theology
title_full Ai and/as racialised political theology
title_fullStr Ai and/as racialised political theology
title_full_unstemmed Ai and/as racialised political theology
title_short Ai and/as racialised political theology
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political theology
racism
critical race theory
decolonial thought
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