Abstract
This paper proposes that contemporary discourse concerning artificial intelligence has fundamentally misconstrued the locus of metaphysical inquiry. The dominant technological question—namely, “What makes AI think?”—rests upon an ontologically reductionistic misunderstanding both of cognition and of language itself. The present study argues instead that the proper object of investigation...
This article presents a provocative philosophical critique of AI discourse, arguing that the focus on machine cognition obscures deeper questions about human language and consciousness. The strongest version of this narrative is its insistence that AI systems reflect humanity's symbolic inheritance, forcing a confrontation with our own fragmented self-understanding. The analysis effectively draws on theological and philosophical traditions to challenge modern subjectivism and procedural approach...