Autore
De Stefano, Lorenzo

Titolo
Autopoiesis Without Life? Rethinking AI Through Cybernetics and Systems Theory
Periodico
Reti, saperi, linguaggi
Anno: 2025 - Volume: 28 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 301 - Pagina finale: 327

Drawing on cybernetics and systems theory, this paper rethinks AI through the lens of autopoiesis. It traces a line from feedback control to second-order cybernetics, showing how machine learning (ML) inherits feedback, estimation, and decision while remaining allopoietic. Autopoietic living systems self-produce their components; ML systems produce outputs for external use and depend on human goals, data, and infrastructure. Yet, when embedded in social communication (Luhmann), generative models perturb autopoietic reproduction and yield quasi-autopoietic effects. The article surveys recursive AI training, info-autopoiesis, embodied/chemical AI, and human-AI hybrids, and argues for design and governance while preserving ontological distinction between life and machine.



SICI: 2279-7777(2025)28:2<301:AWLRAT>2.0.ZU;2-U
Testo completo: https://www.rivisteweb.it/download/article/10.12832/119462
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