한국사회에서 과학기술과 책임 –인공지능과 위험사회 개념을 중심으로-

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze and to clarify whether the reflective modernization based on Beck’s risk society can reasonably be applied to artificial intelligence, the core technology of the fourth industrial revolution, and to social change by it. The fourth industrial revolution is realized and diffused by the convergence of technologies in physics, digital and biological fields, and specific examples of new technologies that affect social structure change, such as IoT, artificial intelligence, 3D printing technology, and self-driving technology. It is clear that the transformation through the four revolution will be different in its scale, scope, and complexity, when it is compared with changes through previous industrial revolutions. AI technology plays the most important role in transitioning to super-connected society and algorithmic society. The article said that the commercialization of artificial intelligence, which embodied the intelligence of thinking in Korean society, had a significant impact on people’s lifestyle, labor, production, distribution, and occupation, but that the system was still limited by human help. Also, with the features of modern technology such as artificial intelligence, we looked at the meaning of the computational model of intelligence and the possible risks of it through the technology philosophy of Heidegger and Don Ihde. Finally, it was considered that the logic leading the fourth industrial revolution, particularly the logic of developing and commercializing natural intelligence through artificial intelligence research, can be clearly seen through the distinction between primary and reflective scientific techniques, and Beck’s technical risk logic is still valid.