This paper develops an integrated philosophical and socio-economic framework to interpret artificial intelligence (AI) within Carlos Federico Obregón Díaz’s Philosophy of Belonging. It argues that AI constitutes a major technological transformation but remains ontologically distinct from human intelligence (HI), as it lacks emotions, biological evolution, and belonging structures. Emotions are understood as evolutionary conditions for both belonging and power relations, implying that AI cannot generate genuine desires, domination, or autonomous agency, even if it can simulate affective behavior. The paper situates AI within the broader transformation of the New Technological System and examines its implications for employment, social belonging, inequality, and affective life. It engages with transhumanism, philosophy of mind, and critical theories of digital capitalism, proposing instead a normative framework grounded in the Economy of Belonging. The central claim is that the future impact of AI depends not on machine autonomy but on institutional arrangements that either expand or erode human belonging.
Carlos Federico Obregon Diaz (Fri,) studied this question.