Humanity vs AI: Ubuntu Philosophy and Relationships

The article analyzes the essence of humanity through the prism of relationships, contrasting techno-centric individualism with the concept of relational subjectivity. The author refers to Ubuntu philosophy, in which a person is constituted through others, as well as the thoughts of Aristotle and Hegel regarding social recognition. The text posits that a full-fledged moral relationship requires an encounter between conscious beings capable of empathy and being hurt, which makes bonds with bots ontologically empty. It introduces the concept of relational autonomy as an alternative to collectivism, emphasizing that virtues and dignity develop only in social practice. In the face of AI development, the key question becomes the architecture of responsibility and the risk of falling into digital loneliness despite the apparent company of algorithms.