Towards a posthumanist critique of large language models

Celis Bueno, Claudio (avtor), Markelj, Jernej (avtor)

This article develops a critique of large language models (LLMs) from a posthumanist perspective. The first part focuses on Emily Bender’s critique of LLMs in order to highlight how its conceptual and political axioms have informed recent critiques of ChatGPT. We make a case that this anthropocentric perspective remains insufficient for adequately grasping its conceptual and political consequences. In the second part of the article, we address these shortcomings by proposing a posthumanist critique of LLMs. To formulate this critique, we begin by drawing on Eric Hörl’s contention that the age of digitalization (what he calls “cybernetization”) demands a radical redefinition of the concept of “critique” (Hörl et al., 2021, 7). Relying on Hörl’s intervention, we then gradually develop a posthumanist framework by grounding it in four interlinked concepts: general ecology, machinic agency, machinic surplus value, and cosmotechnics. After advancing the said theoretical framework, our conclusion mobilises it to outline a posthumanist critique of LLMs.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: kritični posthumanizem, veliki jezikovni modeli, ekologija, antropocentrizem, kibernetika, umetna inteligenca, digitalna kultura, tehnologija
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.02 - Pregledni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Datum objave: 19.12.2024
• Leto izida: 2024
• Št. strani: Str. 231–245
• Številčenje: Vol. 4, no. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-184712
• UDK: 316.7:004.8
• ISSN pri članku: 2634-3576
• DOI: 10.33182/joph.v4i3.3287
• COBISS.SI-ID: 227757571
• Datum objave v RUL: 14.07.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Journal of posthumanism
• Založnik: Transnational Press London
• ISSN: 2634-3576
• COBISS.SI-ID: 176018179

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Najbolj omejujoča licenca Creative Commons. Uporabniki lahko prenesejo in delijo delo v nekomercialne namene in ga ne smejo uporabiti za nobene druge namene.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: critical posthumanism, machinic agency, large language models, anthropocentrism, general ecology

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P6-0400-2020
• Naslov: Družbena pogodba v 21. stoletju