COMMITTING TO THE SIMULACRUM: NEGATIVE THEOLOGY AND THE ONTOLOGICAL CRISIS OF THE POLITICAL EVENT UNDER PLATFORM CAPITALISM.
This article explores the philosophical and theological implications of artificial intelligence within political communication, focusing not on technological functionality but on the ontological, ethical, and symbolic transformations it enacts. AI no longer operates merely as a tool of mediation but...
| Publicado en: | Journal for the Study of Religions & Ideologies Vol. 24; no. 72; pp. 98 - 116 |
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