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This paper deals with the ethical dimension of AI within the framework of a post-geological Anthropocene—i.e., no longer interpreted as a geological epoch, but as the strongest candidate to become the métarécit of our age. In our view, the Anthropocene should be seen as the fulfillment of the technisches Zeitalter envisioned by the first generation of philosophers of technology. Here and now, technology is not only “the subject of history” but also of nature, thus becoming an “integral epochal phenomenon.” Not merely a Techno-sphere, then, but a Techno-cene. AI embodies the perfect symbol of this transformation, hence the definition of A(I)nthropocene: the most concrete manifestation of the Technocene. The A(I)nthropocene proves to be close to the idea of the noosphere: the techno-eschatological vision advanced by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. The (dis)armonia praestabilita between the Anthropocene and AI comes to the fore in the context of the ecological crisis, since AI presents itself as the ideal instrument for realizing the “Planetary Management” long desired by the Ecomodernists. At the root of the concept of techno-care, understood as an ethical/moral oxymoron, lies the risk of an unprecedented form of reification and domination of nature (the pet-ification of nature) in the face of which an appeal to responsibility alone no longer suffices. Alongside the “Imperative of Responsibility,” we need an “Imperative of Gelassenheit”. The postscript engages with Luciano Floridi’s concept of Enveloping: a possible evolution of Heidegger’s “Enframing.” According to Floridi, the danger of our situation does not lie in the “intelligence” of machines but in the mechanization (i.e., stupidification) of the human being, which unfolds through the establishment of a techno- or AI-centered world. In our view, however, Floridi does not fully grasp the implications of his own insight. There can be no “agere sine intelligere,” for authentic action always entails intelligence and, with it, responsibility. That’s why action remains an enclave of the human condition.

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A(I)nthropocene; from the Enframing to the Enveloping

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    2026年

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  • Agostino Cera

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This paper deals with the ethical dimension of AI within the framework of a post-geological Anthropocene—i.e., no longer interpreted as a geological epoch, but as the strongest candidate to become the métarécit of our age. In our view, the Anthropocene should be seen as the fulfillment of the technisches Zeitalter envisioned by the first generation of philosophers of technology. Here and now, technology is not only “the subject of history” but also of nature, thus becoming an “integral epochal phenomenon.” Not merely a Techno-sphere, then, but a Techno-cene. AI embodies the perfect symbol of this transformation, hence the definition of A(I)nthropocene: the most concrete manifestation of the Technocene. The A(I)nthropocene proves to be close to the idea of the noosphere: the techno-eschatological vision advanced by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. The (dis)armonia praestabilita between the Anthropocene and AI comes to the fore in the context of the ecological crisis, since AI presents itself as the ideal instrument for realizing the “Planetary Management” long desired by the Ecomodernists. At the root of the concept of techno-care, understood as an ethical/moral oxymoron, lies the risk of an unprecedented form of reification and domination of nature (the pet-ification of nature) in the face of which an appeal to responsibility alone no longer suffices. Alongside the “Imperative of Responsibility,” we need an “Imperative of Gelassenheit”. The postscript engages with Luciano Floridi’s concept of Enveloping: a possible evolution of Heidegger’s “Enframing.” According to Floridi, the danger of our situation does not lie in the “intelligence” of machines but in the mechanization (i.e., stupidification) of the human being, which unfolds through the establishment of a techno- or AI-centered world. In our view, however, Floridi does not fully grasp the implications of his own insight. There can be no “agere sine intelligere,” for authentic action always entails intelligence and, with it, responsibility. That’s why action remains an enclave of the human condition.