| Title: | Between disenchantment and re-enchantment : exploring AI as a companion in the inner life |
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| Authors: | ID Platovnjak, Ivan (Author)
ID Brumec, Snežana (Author) |
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| Files: |  PDF - Presentation file, download (328,74 KB)
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  ZRS Koper - Science and Research Centre Koper
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| Abstract: | This article examines the speculative potential of designing a spiritually attuned artificial intelligence platform capable of supporting processes of meaning-making, fostering conditions conducive to emotional resonance, and assisting in the dis-covery of intrinsic values across diverse spiritual orientations. Situated within the socio-cultural context of late modernity—marked by the rationalization of life-worlds, increased individualization, and the erosion of traditional frameworks of meaning—we interpret the renewed emphasis on spirituality, emotional and em-bodied experience, as well as interiority, as indicative of a broader re-engagement with right-hemisphere cognitive modes, as theorized by iain McGilchrist. Rather than conceptualizing ai as a surrogate for spiritual experience or communal be-longing, we explore whether this fundamentally left-hemisphere technological ar-tifact could paradoxically be reconfigured to facilitate holistic perception, existen-tial reflection, and prosocial engagement. acknowledging the ethical complexities and epistemological constraints of such a vision, we propose a theoretical model for a digital interface that does not prescribe, but invites; that does not instruct, but listens. We conclude by posing a critical question: Can artificial intelligence, when sensitively designed, contribute to the re-enchantment of human experi-ence—not by transmitting meaning, but by enabling deeper forms of dialogical presence? |
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| Keywords: | spirituality, artificial intelligence, right-hemisphere cognition, meaning-making, late modernitiy |
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| Publication date: | 01.01.2025 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 141-159, 335-336, 347 |
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| Numbering: | Let. 30, št. 119/120 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-24880  |
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| UDC: | 27-584:004.89 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1318-8828 |
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| DOI: | 10.35469/poligrafi.2025.505 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 262602755 |
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| Note: | Besedilo v angl.;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 23.12.2025 |
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| Views: | 29 |
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