The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Social Problems and Solutions: An Analysis on The Context of Digital Divide and Exploitation

Year 2022, Issue: 13, 247 - 264, 29.12.2022

Ahmet Efe

https://doi.org/10.55609/yenimedya.1146586

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Continued advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technology innovations include ever-wider aspects of modern society’s economic, cultural, religious, and political life via new media tools and communication techniques. Considering AI as part of technological tools, networks, and institutional systems, innovative technology can be essential in solving social problems. With such a mindset, this study done on literature knowledge and sectoral research reports aims to capture AI’s expanding role and impact on social relations by expanding its ethical understandings and conceptual scope. The study tries to answer, if recent innovations in AI herald unprecedented social transformations and new challenges. This article critically assesses the problem, challenging the unending innovative technological determinism of many debates and reframing related issues with a sociological and religious approach. The study focuses on the importance of theoretical discussing the relationship between specificity and ecological validity of algorithmic models and how AI modeling is an essential contribution to the methodological approaches of scientists interested in social phenomena.

Keywords

Artificial Intelligence, Social Problems, social media, Technological Interaction, Social AI

Yapay zekanın toplumsal sorunlara ve çözümlere etkisi: sayısal bölünme ve sömürü bağlamında bir analiz

Abstract

Yapay zeka (AI) teknolojisi yeniliklerinde devam eden ilerlemeler, yeni medya araçları ve iletişim teknikleri aracılığıyla modern toplumun ekonomik, kültürel, dini ve politik yaşamının her zamankinden daha geniş yönlerini içerir. Yapay zekayı teknolojik araçların, ağların bir parçası olarak ele almak, ve kurumsal sistemler, BT sosyal sorunların çözümünde gerekli olabilir. Böyle bir zihniyetle literatür bilgisi ve sektörel araştırma raporları üzerine yapılan bu çalışma, yapay zekanın etik anlayışlarını ve kavramsal kapsamını genişleterek sosyal ilişkiler üzerindeki genişleyen rolünü ve etkisini yakalamayı amaçlamaktadır. Yapay zekadaki son yenilikler benzeri görülmemiş sosyal dönüşümlerin ve yeni zorlukların habercisi mi? Bu makale, birçok tartışmanın bitmeyen yenilikçi teknolojik determinizmine meydan okuyarak ve ilgili konuları sosyolojik ve dini bir yaklaşımla yeniden çerçeveleyerek sorunu eleştirel olarak değerlendirmektedir. Çalışma, algoritmik modellerin özgüllüğü ve ekolojik geçerliliği arasındaki ilişkiyi teorik olarak tartışmanın önemine ve AI modellemesinin sosyal fenomenlerle ilgilenen bilim insanlarının metodolojik yaklaşımlarına nasıl önemli bir katkı olduğuna odaklanmaktadır.

Keywords

Yapay Zeka, Sosyal Sorunlar, Sosyalleşme, Teknolojik Etkileşim, Sosyal Yapay Zeka, Artificial Intelligence, Social Problems, social media, Technological Interaction, Social AI

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