Forgetting Secrecy? Reconfiguring forgetting and secrecy in an age of AI (ForSe)
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Sille Obelitz Søe
Titel
Associate Professor
Institution
University of Copenhagen
Beløb
DKK 6,998,126
År
2025
Bevillingstype
Semper Ardens: Accelerate
Hvad?
AI technologies influence the world, society, and humans by changing the conditions for important concepts such as forgetting and secrecy. Forgetting and secrecy are core to what it means to be human – core to the formation of personhood and identity. Yet, AI technologies are developed to collect data and discover patterns – i.e. remembering and revealing.
Hvorfor?
With increased data collection and tracking in all aspects of human life, people are rendered visible as data points – collected, managed, acted upon – while simultaneously being invisible and unimportant as individuals. AI’s implications for forgetting and secrecy changes the conditions for privacy and agency with ramifications for humans and society in general.
Hvordan?
Through philosophical and conceptual analyses of the dynamics between AI and secrecy and forgetting (drawing on publicly available sources) in the context of national intelligence agencies. Intelligence practices serve as a magnifying glass for addressing the larger claim that AI changes the world, including what it means to be human.