How Alienation in Capitalism is Transformed by AI 2025
Marx's "alienation" in his Theory of Capital refers to the state in which human beings become detached from the fruits of their own labor and lose self-understanding and even their relationship with society. Today, this alienation has taken on a new dimension with the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI), which is responsible for evaluation, allocation, and supervision, externalizing human judgment and making invisible the purpose and evaluation criteria of jobs. As a result, workers lose creativity and discretion, and it is easy to lose sight of what they are working for. Especially in platform-based work environments, algorithms are taking over and the value of human skills such as proficiency and improvisation is diminishing.
It is also becoming clear that the structures of marginalization are being extended globally, with low wages and opaque conditions prevailing in the data labor that supports AI. Rather than the disappearance of jobs themselves, there is a danger that the meaning of labor will slip away as tasks within jobs are reorganized. The development of AI legislation by the European Union and the importance of redesign by international organizations can be seen as the edge of an institutional response to this new marginalization. In an age in which intelligence is externalized and decision-making is delegated to algorithms, humans must not only design institutions but also fundamentally reexamine their self-understanding if they are to regain the narrative and pride of their labor. is the key.
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