Mitos EdTech: Fetichismo, Ejército Digital de Reserva y Estado Financiarizador en Educación

Global education policy is shaping new sociotechnical imaginaries about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital transformation, where EdTech myths play a central role. This article aims to analyze the ideology embedded in these sociotechnical imaginaries of AI and digital transformation, as well as their materializations in the privatization of education in Spain. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study combines quantitative and qualitative methods across four phases: Critical Discourse Analysis, policy network analysis, web scraping of public procurement tenders, and financial investment valuation. The findings are structured into three interconnected sections that link ideology and privatization: AI fetishism and the policy network of governance in AI; the reserve army of digital labor and the economic profit from digital skills training; and the financialization of the state through EdTech industry investments. The main findings are discussed in relation to critical analyses of capitalism in its digital age, ultimately revealing the connection between sociotechnical imaginaries of AI and digital transformation and their materializations in the privatization of education.