Ontological issues of technosocial interaction between humans and digital agents in contemporary philosophical discourse

Abstract

The article explores the change in the ontological dimensions of the coexistence of humans and digital agents in the context of the philosophy of technosociality. It discusses the hybrid form of existence of modern society, where innovative technologies become integral subjects of social interaction. The main stages of the evolution of human sociality are identified, which today is presented as a historical mode of coexistence, within which human sociality unfolds not alongside technologies, but within technically organized environments. A three-level model of technosociality (ontological, epistemic, and existential) is presented, which expands the concept of social being, legalizes hybrid agency, shifts the authority of knowledge from the subject to the data processing system, and transforms authenticity, freedom of choice, and responsibility.

The transition from an anthropocentric model of sociality to a hybrid configuration of coexistence has been demonstrated, in which digital agents blur the boundaries between «here» and «there», leading to a partial loss of communicative autonomy, recognizing data as a form of existence, allow for the co-authorship of humans and algorithms, interpret sociality as a technical construct, accelerate the experience of being, and cause a crisis of responsibility. Today's digital era is the result of the interaction of humans, algorithms, and innovative platforms, which makes it very difficult to specify the moral subject. The new ethical paradigm must proceed from the assumption that agency is hybrid in nature, so responsibility must be rethought and shared among all participants in the interaction. Thus, classical moral principles will be preserved, but in a slightly modified form to adapt them to the conditions of an algorithmically organized world. Then the ethics of the digital age will become the ethics of coexistence, in which moral evaluation will be directed at the person and the technical environment that influenced their choice.