Digital Communication between a Subject and AI: Opportunities and Risks of Value Transformation
TL;DR
Analysis of digital communication between a subject and AI based on events related to “ChatGPT” and A. Rein in 2025 indicates that communication between a sub-ject and AI can be understood as “social” – if not within the context of science and philosophy, then certainly within the context of society.
Abstract
The paper presents an analysis of digital communication between a subject and AI based on events related to “ChatGPT” and A. Rein in 2025. This incident is examined through various concepts: from the perspective of domestication (sociology), the digital and collective subject (philosophy), third-order cybernetics (an interdisci-plinary field of philosophical-cybernetic research), and intersubjectivity (communication theory). The dual na-ture of the issue is highlighted: for an external observer (from the outside) looking at the digital communication versus the subject directly involved in this process (from the inside). The necessity of accounting for both posi-tions in a generalized philosophical interpretation leads to an attempt to conceptualize the aforementioned communication through the category of cryptophasia. It is argued that this concept allows the positions of both the external observer and the internal participant in such communication to be combined in a non-contradictory manner. In conclusion, the results of the study are summarized, indicating that communication between a sub-ject and AI can be understood as “social” – if not within the context of science and philosophy, then certainly within the context of society.