Material Restoration — A Theological and Ontological Critique of AI Discourse

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This work critiques the discourse surrounding AI ethics that centers on intelligence and consciousness, proposing a re-evaluation of the underlying modern ontological assumptions.
Critically analyzes existing AI ethical discourse and its reliance on intelligence as a criterion of existence.
Examines the relationship of human intelligence to physical, sensory conditions and the world.
Reinterprets concepts from Christian theology to propose new insights into the material aspect of ethics.
Highlights how traditional epistemologies reproduce dualism and hierarchies that view the vulnerable human body as defective.
Argues that human intelligence is shaped by vulnerability and interdependence, which AI lacks, thus cannot function as an ethical subject.
Proposes that restoring materiality is a transformation of ethical thought, emphasizing an ontology grounded in vulnerability.

The paper critiques AI ethics focusing on intelligence, revealing the need for an ontological shift towards vulnerability.

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Im-Soo Hong (2026) studied this question.

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