The Resetting of Rules in Cybersociety in Neuromancer:Digital Discipline and the Value Crisis
The AI-induced cognitive shift from"presence/absence"to"mode/randomness"in Neuromancer af-fects humans simultaneously on multiple levels.From the perspective of post-human,the age syndrome reflected in Gibson's novels is manifested as the inherent contradiction of post-human in the face of power transfer and de-lirium to the identity of the subject.When artificial intelligence holds the power to make social rules,a new kind of digital discipline replaces the original social structure:The rules of survival in the whole cyber society are caused by the rent-seeking of social normative power after the disappearance of laws and norms,and the control of social power by artificial intelligence makes the society slide into the primitive jungle state.The manic depression and the pursuit of money after the cyber social group is separated from the body directly leads to the loss and emptiness after losing the discipline of"human"itself.