Beyond Anthropocentric Technology Ethics: A Chinese Cosmotechnical Approach to the “Teacher Subjectivity Crisis” in the Age of AI

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Abstract

This paper explores the so-called “teacher subjectivity crisis” amid the rise of generative artificial intelligence through a critical philosophical lens. I argue that the dichotomy between teacher agency and technology is an illusion rooted in Western metaphysical traditions that privilege human autonomy and reinforce the subject-object divide. Drawing on the traditional Chinese philosophy of qidao heyi (器道合一, unity of Qi and Dao), particularly as articulated by Yuk Hui and classical Daoist texts, I propose an alternative cosmotechnics that reconfigures the human-machine relationship as symbiotic and co-creative. This perspective offers a decolonial and non-anthropocentric response to the ethical challenges of AI in education, and invites a pluralistic reconstruction of educational technology ethics grounded in Chinese intellectual traditions.

Author

• Min Lin, Shenzhen University