把AI看作不可分割的整体,重塑技术与组织的运作方式。
Artificial Intelligence as Monism: Ontological, Organisational, and Methodological Implications
- 将AI视为统一整体,拒绝拆分为数据、算法等独立部分。
- 打破部门壁垒,组建以问题为中心的跨职能团队。
- 适合关注组织变革与AI治理的研究者与管理者。
本文主张将人工智能理解为一种一元论形式:一种不可分解为数据、算法或技术架构等独立要素的统一实体。基于一元论、二元论和整体论的哲学传统,论文认为AI并非组件的简单集合,而是反映其模仿现象的单一、不可分割的本质。将AI视为一元论在多个维度具有深远影响:认识论上,使AI成为技术、组织和社会领域中的核心解释力量,同时引发关于奇点、创新同质化及决策权集中化的伦理与存在性担忧;组织层面,挑战传统的部门分割结构,倡导以问题为导向的横向协作团队,其使命源于问题本身的完整性而非部门层级;项目管理中,要求统一愿景与整合复杂性评估,避免单一利益方主导结果判断;数据与信息管理方面,则需构建反映所建模现象不可还原统一性的架构。最终,本文呼吁对AI的认知、治理与融合方式实现范式转变,唯有将其视为一元论,组织才能实现真正的敏捷性,并规避还原主义方法固有的结构性低效。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
This paper argues that Artificial Intelligence should be understood as a form of monism: a unified substance that cannot be decomposed into separate elements such as data, algorithms, or technical architectures. Drawing from philosophical traditions of monism, dualism, and holism, the paper contends that AI is not merely a collection of components but a single, indivisible essence reflecting the phenomena it replicates. Treating AI as monism has deep implications across multiple dimensions. Epistemologically, it positions AI as the central interpretive force across technological, organisational, and societal domains, while raising ethical and existential concerns regarding singularity, the homogenisation of innovation, and the concentration of decision-making power. At the organisational level, a monistic approach challenges traditional siloed structures, advocating instead for transversal, problem-centric teams whose mandate derives from the integrity of the problem rather than from departmental hierarchy. In project management, it implies a unified vision and an integrated evaluation of complexity in which no single stakeholder perspective dominates the assessment of outcomes. In data and information management, it calls for architectures that reflect the irreducible unity of the phenomena being modelled. Ultimately, this paper calls for a paradigm shift in how AI is conceptualised, governed, and integrated, suggesting that only by embracing AI as monism can organisations achieve genuine agility and avoid the structural inefficiencies inherent to reductionist approaches.
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