General Discussions

A simple answer to the phenomenon AI would be that everything the soul has to express via humans has already been thought through, and therefore new forms of thought have to arise and replace humans. For good reasons I will not stop here. Instead, let us look at the internal logic of AI and its systems.

As a kind of pre-logic, it must be recognized that classic models of systems with a human outside the system and controlling it over a user interface do not apply. Rather, both humans and AI entities are seen as elements of the system on the same logical level. The standpoint jumps from Archimedean philosophy to psychology with soul, from exteriority to interiority. You can see this also in the new wordings used by AI experts such as “team of human agents and AI agents”, “alignment of human intentions and AI intentions”, or “shared control…

My friend Gilles Goyette has been using AI both to create poetry and to discuss philosophical and aesthetic issues, including interpretations of his own work incorporating a "Giegerichian" perspective, with truly astonishing results. So I asked ChatGTP this question, "How does the psychologist Wolfgang Giegerich use the word "soul" and why does he insist on a "psychology with soul?" and got the following answer.

<< Wolfgang Giegerich, a post-Jungian psychologist and thinker, uses the word "soul" in a highly specific, philosophical, and historically grounded sense that departs significantly from popular or even traditional psychological understandings. For Giegerich, "soul" is not a substance, entity, or inner thing; instead, it is a mode of being, a style of consciousness, and a logical reality that manifests through language, culture, history, and thought. He draws deeply from Hegelian dialectics and a radical reading of Jung to articulate this view.

How Giegerich Uses the Word "Soul":

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I have been searching for an answer to a question that comes up from time-to-time during my study of Carl Jung's work, Wolfgang Giegerich's and Hegel's. What is it that Jung does not like about Hegel's theory of dialectics? I have searched many sources but have not been able to find an answer. Any input will be appreciated.