Synthetic Mediations: Mapping the Anti-Hermeneutic and Post-Ideological Structure of Automated Communications in the Digital Public Sphere

综合中介：映射数字公共领域自动通信的反解释学和后意识形态结构

• 批准号: 2879442
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Sussex
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2879442
• 关键词: Synthetic; Mediations; Mapping; Anti; Hermeneutic

This study aims to map artificial intelligence producing synthetic media within the public sphere. I introduce the concept of synthetic mediations to help explain the latest structural transformations and ask how the material deployment of synthetic mediations instantiate a new form of communication which is anti-hermeneutic and post-ideological posing challenges to democracy. I use critical theory as well as case study analysis, interviews, and prompt engineering as a method of analysing synthetic mediations. Traditional forms of mediation, such as the public sphere, are being rapidly transformed by digital society. My original contribution is two-fold, developing both a new critical concept of 'synthetic mediations' and methodological, adapting techniques of 'prompt engineering' into a digital method for humanities research. This work is urgent given the pressure on governments to pass laws on certain uses of AI, giving this project both academic and policy implications.

这项研究旨在绘制人工智能在公共领域内生产合成媒体的地图。我引入合成中介的概念来帮助解释最新的结构性转变，并询问合成中介的实质部署如何实例化一种反解释学和后意识形态的新交流形式，对民主构成挑战。我使用批判理论以及案例研究分析，访谈和提示工程作为分析合成调解的方法。传统的调解形式，如公共领域，正在被数字社会迅速改变。我最初的贡献是双重的，开发了一个新的关键概念“合成中介”和方法论，适应技术的“提示工程”到人文研究的数字方法。鉴于政府面临通过人工智能某些用途法律的压力，这项工作非常紧迫，这使得该项目具有学术和政策意义。