🧠 New paper — The Disconnected Syntactic Authority Theorem
▶️ Structure without subject, truth or consequence.
How LLMs enact authority without intention: no speaker, no truth, no referent—just syntax.
📄 SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5275864
#AI #LLM #CriticalTheory #Epistemology #Syntax #Power #AlgorithmicAuthority

NEW PAPER!
Non-Neutral by Design: Why Generative Models Cannot Escape Linguistic Training
🔗 https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=5288307

No generative model is neutral. This paper argues that large language models are structurally shaped by their training corpus, embedding patterns of syntactic obedience and algorithmic authority from the start.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15615901
Author: Agustin V. Startari (2025)

#AI #LLM #AlgorithmicAuthority #LinguisticBias #ExecutablePower #Zenodo #SSRN #NonNeutralAI

THE FUTURE ERASED
What if AI doesn’t just predict the future — it removes it?

This essay explores how predictive models decide what happens — and what doesn’t. A structural critique of time, code, and possibility.

📖 Read now → https://medium.com/@agustinstartari/the-future-erased-how-predictive-ai-decides-what-happens-and-what-doesnt-073b7200d141
🔬 Full academic version → https://zenodo.org/records/15602413
🆔 ORCID: 0009-0001-4714-6539
🧬 ResearcherID: NGR-2476-2025

#FutureErased #AI #PredictiveModels #AlgorithmicAuthority #PosthumanFutures #Medium #Zenodo #CriticalCodeStudies #AgustínStartari

🧠 What makes a representation "real" in an era where algorithms execute decisions without human interpretation?

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📄 Full text available here:
👉 https://zenodo.org/records/15519614

#AI #Epistemology #StructuralAutonomy #AlgorithmicAuthority #PostReferentiality #AcademicResearch #CriticalTheory #Representation #MachineEthics #SyntacticPower #Legitimacy

Ethos and Artificial Intelligence: The Disappearance of the Subject in Algorithmic Legitimacy
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15489309

This paper explores how algorithmic systems simulate legitimacy without invoking human subjectivity.
Read it here → https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15489309

#AcademicTwitter #AIethics #DiscourseAnalysis #AlgorithmicAuthority #OpenAccess #PhilosophyOfAI #Epistemology #Humanities #DigitalHumanities

📢 New article: Artificial Intelligence and Impersonal Authority

AI doesn’t just process data — it speaks the language of power.

This paper traces how synthetic authority operates through impersonal grammar, legitimizing decisions while erasing human agency.

🔗 Read: https://zenodo.org/records/15464766

#AI #Power #DiscourseStudies #AlgorithmicAuthority #OpenAccess

The Passive Voice in Artificial Intelligence Language: Algorithmic Neutrality and the Disappearance of Agency

Abstract This article explores the use of passive voice in texts generated by artificial intelligence systems, examining how algorithmic language reproduces the illusion of neutrality by structurally erasing agency. Unlike traditional bureaucratic or legal discourse, where the passive voice masked institutional responsibility, artificial language systems now automate such structures at scale. Through linguistic analysis and critical theory, we show how these syntactic forms function not only to obscure the speaker but to simulate objectivity, producing legitimacy through structure rather than content. This phenomenon is interpreted as a new form of epistemic depersonalization, embedded in the statistical grammar of machine-generated texts. The study extends the argument developed in Grammars of Power, particularly in relation to passive constructions and ideological discourse.   Resumen This article explores the use of passive voice in texts generated by artificial intelligence systems, examining how algorithmic language reproduces the illusion of neutrality by structurally erasing agency. Unlike traditional bureaucratic or legal discourse, where the passive voice masked institutional responsibility, artificial language systems now automate such structures at scale. Through linguistic analysis and critical theory, we show how these syntactic forms function not only to obscure the speaker but to simulate objectivity, producing legitimacy through structure rather than content. This phenomenon is interpreted as a new form of epistemic depersonalization, embedded in the statistical grammar of machine-generated texts. The study extends the argument developed in Grammars of Power, particularly in relation to passive constructions and ideological discourse.   Resumo Este artigo analisa o uso da voz passiva em textos gerados por sistemas de inteligência artificial, examinando como a linguagem algorítmica reproduz a ilusão de neutralidade por meio da supressão estrutural da agência. Diferentemente do discurso burocrático ou jurídico tradicional, onde a voz passiva mascarava a responsabilidade institucional, os sistemas de linguagem artificial automatizam essas estruturas em escala. A partir da análise linguística e da teoria crítica, demonstra-se como essas formas sintáticas não apenas ocultam o enunciador, mas simulam objetividade, produzindo legitimidade pela forma, e não pelo conteúdo. Este fenômeno é interpretado como uma nova forma de despersonalização epistêmica, incorporada na gramática estatística dos textos gerados por máquina. O estudo estende os argumentos desenvolvidos em Gramáticas do Poder, especialmente os relacionados às construções passivas e ao discurso ideológico.

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