๐✨ Authenticity in the Age of AI: Charles Taylor’s Ethics in Today’s World ✨๐
AI can 10× our productivity ๐ — but the real que stion is: does it make us more human, or less? ๐ Philosopher Charles Taylor in The Ethics of Authenticity (1991) warned that modern life pushes us to live “authentically” — to be true to ourselves. Yet this ideal often slips into: ⚠️ Relativism → “everyone has their own truth” ⚠️ Narcissism → living for likes and digital validation ⚠️ Loss of depth → shallow choices without meaning ๐ก In the era of AI and capitalism, these dangers are magnified: ๐ค Algorithms curate what we see, shaping identity and choice ๐ผ Jobs risk automation while profits concentrate in Big Tech ๐ฑ Self-expression becomes a market product, optimized for clicks ๐ Surveillance capitalism mines our personal data for profit --- ✅ Where the EU Steps In The EU AI Act and GDPR give us ethical and legal guardrails: EU AI Act → bans manipulative AI, requires transparency, and enforces human oversight in high-risk areas like education, jobs, and healthcare. GDPR → ...