After All, Is There Otherness in Human-Machine Interaction? Exploring the (non)Production of Meaning by Artificial Intelligences

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study is a qualitative bibliographic essay that aims to question and seek to understand the (non)existence of otherness and the (non)production of meaning in the processes of interaction between humans and machines. To this end, we conducted a synthesis that integrated the following topics: the dialogic conception of language, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP). During our analysis, we raised questions that led us to an unstable ground, and we concluded that we cannot completely exclude the idea of meaning production by machines, given that we also cannot affirm the existence of otherness. Therefore, we foresee that for these topics to be explored accurately, it is necessary to decentralize the human and adopt a hybrid view of humans, society, and language.