Artificial Intelligence and Barbarism: From technoskepticism to democratic digital humanism

As AI integrates into every facet of life, we must ask: Is it enhancing human freedom or automating our decline? This slide deck presentation summarizes the core arguments of "AI and Barbarism" by dr Alexandros Schismenos. We dive into how algorithmic logic threatens public discourse and why "efficiency" is becoming the new face of social regression. An exploration of Alexandros Schismenos’ critique regarding the intersection of digital automation and the erosion of social autonomy. These slides examine the "barbarism" of the algorithmic age, the crisis of the social imaginary, and the potential for a democratic response to the techno-bureaucratic capture of human reason.