摘要
AI革命本质上是一场史无前例的文明范式的跃迁,它由技术信仰驱动,以AI技术为信仰载体和手段,具有超经济人理性,经验性与超验性糅合,以及超个体与超群体并存等特点.作为技术形式的AI和作为革命的AI既有联系又有区别,其中技术信仰是AI革命的核心,并贯穿AI革命始终.作为技术形式的AI在生态文明建设诸多领域已有广泛的应用,作为革命的AI则将推动社会大多数领域的创新与变革.生态文明的内涵因AI革命而发生改变,生态文明理论也因AI革命而得到整合与重塑.由于资本主义固有的局限性,AI革命有异化的危险,这种危险将对生态文明造成巨大冲击和影响.因此,必须借助AI革命,以生态文明为切入点,开启新型全球化,推动全球生态合作.
Abstract
The AI revolution is a transformation of the civilization paradigm driven by technological faith,with AI technology as both the vehicle and means of this belief.It transcends economic rationality,merges empiricism and transcendentalism,and surpasses individual and collective levels.Technological faith,the unwavering belief in advancing human civilization through technological innovation,holds the central position in the AI revolution.Although the AI revolution encompasses elements of all technological revolutions,it far exceeds them as well as the Industrial Revolution,manifesting as an unprecedented shift in the civilization paradigms.It is because the AI revolution provides an unparalleled platform and foundation for the free and comprehensive development of humanity.Every individual can access the achievements of human civilization online at nearly zero marginal cost and have the opportunity for free and comprehensive development in any area of their interest.The AI revolution has profoundly changed the mode of social production,which will be transformed into a highly organic unity of individual freedom,comprehensive development,and the progress of human civilization.This could potentially lead to a mode of social production that surpasses Marxist communism.Influenced by the AI revolution,enterprises are about to undergo significant transformations and traditional enterprises will be redefined.Meanwhile,as free and comprehensive development becomes possible,work and career will also be separated.Humans will no longer define their identity by their jobs.It will be possible for people to engage in multiple professions across different fields and industries.It is necessary to distinguish between AI as a technological form and AI as a revolution.The two are related but different.The former does not necessarily lead to the latter,and the latter does not necessarily have to be based on AI technological innovation.This is also the difference between general technological revolutions,the Industrial Revolution,and the AI revolution.The AI revolution will drive innovation and transformation in most areas of society,but AI as a technological form may not necessarily propel transformation in other fields.The AI revolution has significantly altered the connotation of ecological civilization,elevating it from one of many sub-civilizations to the baseline of human civilization.The impact of the AI revolution on ecological civilization is manifested in three aspects.First,the impact of AI as a technological form on ecological civilization can be seen in the application of various AI technologies in the construction of ecological civilization.These technologies have a positive contribution but are limited in the face of ecological crises.Second,the AI revolution has a potential impact on ecological civilization,including the disruption of the global energy structure,the development of ecological education,the transformation of both the supply and demand sides of ecological civilization,the shift in the utilization of natural resources,and the comprehensive and healthy development of humans as an ecological species.Third is the impact on existing theories of ecological civilization.Mainstream theories such as ecological economics,degrowth,and ecological Marxism will be significantly challenged,and they may also be transformed or improved in the process.However,due to the limitations inherent in AI theory and capitalism,the AI revolution may also mutate.Humanity might become free slaves to technology,and might even be replaced or annihilated.With the militarization of AI,there is a risk of severe damage or even destruction to ecological civilization.Therefore,it is necessary to seize the opportunity of the AI revolution,adhere to the faith in the AI revolution,pursue a new type of globalization,move beyond national and ideological competition,strive for super alignment,and truly make AI a public asset of all humanity rather than the private property of any single country,thereby making a genuine contribution to the benefit of humanity and the Earth.