International Journal of Swarm Intelligence and Evolutionary Computation

Abstract

Generative Artificial Intelligence: The Black Box of Modernity

Myke Healy*

This paper examines the intersection of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) with modernity, focusing on its colonial aspects and educational implications. By analyzing AI's role in high-profile military operations, the study underscores AI's expanding influence beyond technological domains. The research argues that AI, as a product of modernity, reinforces colonial structures through its development and deployment processes, critiquing AI's training methodologies that exploit labor in the Global South and perpetuate biases through skewed datasets. It addresses the environmental concerns associated with AI's energy-intensive nature and the opacity of its decision-making processes, metaphorically described as a "black box." In education, the study explores AI's integration, emphasizing potential academic integrity issues and the reinforcement of neoliberal paradigms. The research concludes by advocating for a critical, relational approach to AI in education, balancing technological advancements with human connection and ethical considerations, thus contributing to the ongoing discourse on AI ethics and offering insights into the complex interplay between technology, power dynamics, and educational practices in late modernity.

Published Date: 2025-06-18; Received Date: 2024-09-26