Planetary Bildung in the Age of AI

This paper reconsiders Bildung under the double condition of planetary crisis and AI-mediated life. It develops planetary Bildung as a renewal of the classical self–world relation beyond the autonomous subject, situating human formation within ecological interdependence, technological mediation, vulnerability, and responsibility. Bildung cannot be reduced to competencies, digital literacy, environmental knowledge, or ethical regulation but must cultivate embodied perception, situated judgement, and ethical responsiveness. Special attention is given to the algorithmic governance of attention, through which AI-mediated environments shape what appears relevant and desirable. Against this narrowing, planetary Bildung is presented as the formation of finite, embodied beings who transform knowledge into responsiveness, mediation into judgement, and limitation into attentiveness.