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February 2, 2026Philosophy & TechnologyOpen Access

The Lock-and-Key Model of Technosolutionism: the Case of AI and Sustainability Challenges

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FBFrieder Bögner

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Overview

Conceptual article discusses technosolutionism in AI and its implications for sustainability challenges.

Key Points

  • The aim is to refine critiques of technosolutionism and propose the lock-and-key model for understanding its impact on solution strategies.
  • Conceptual analysis of the attitude of technosolutionism
  • Discussion of two illustrative examples
  • Development of a novel model to understand the critique
  • Identified variants of the technosolutionism objection
  • Introduced the lock-and-key model for analyzing AI's role
  • Provided insights on the urgent need for reflected debates on AI and sustainability

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Frieder Bögner (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6980feb9c1c9540dea811014https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-025-00950-0
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