Artificial Intelligence and the Consequences of Humanism

Throughout its philosophical history, humanism has tried to elevate man and his position in the scale of beings as a rational being in control of nature and to make it serve his happiness. Artificial intelligence has become a threat to the centrality of man due to scientific development, the dominance of technology, and the penetration of the instrumental mind into various aspects of life. On this basis, this research attempt was guided by the paradox contained in the human relationship with artificial intelligence. Since the human mind was the one that produced artificial intelligence, how did the latter sacrifice the centrality of man and his ontological value? This paradoxical situation necessitated questioning the constants of human tendency and revealing the conditions that were able to place artificial intelligence in the position of directing the life paths of individuals and societies. In order to achieve this requirement and to identify the various justifications and issues that explain the defeat of human tendencies and their arguments in favor of the dictates of the instrumental mind and the development it achieves in the field of artificial intelligence, this research relied on its analyses and Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s position on the progress of science and the dominance of the instrumental mind, which he had come to regard at the time. Modernity as an expressive manifestation of its various manifestations. The research concluded that the paradox contained in artificial intelligence, represented by its desire to improve the conditions of human existence at the expense of human existence itself, is a reflection of the paradox contained in human nature itself. If natural necessity imposes on man to behave in accordance with the natural law, then freedom is the field that allows the creation of new forms of existence with elements that nature could not respond to, with artificial intelligence being one of its creations. KEY WORDS: artificial intelligence, humanism, human existence, anthropocentrism, instrumental mind.