The proletarianization of labor under artificial intelligence development

The article presents a philosophical analysis of the transformation of labor in the context of the spread of AI technologies. Criticizing the notion of AI as an autonomous and neutral technology leading to the replacement of human labor, the author proposes to analyze the social consequences of AI development within the framework of automation processes and the social division of labor. Drawing on Marxist analysis, AI is interpreted as a new type of machine – a sociotechnical infrastructure in which forms of collective labor and knowledge become embedded in algorithmic logic, transforming an ever-widening spectrum of human activity into an object of formalization and reproduction. This approach demonstrates that the automation of cognitive and communicative processes does not eliminate labor but restructures its forms, deepening the processes of alienation and proletarianization. These processes are particularly evident in digital labor, including platform employment, «ghost work» for AI training, and the everyday production of data by users. Drawing on the ideas of B. Stiegler, the author examines the proletarianization of digital labor as a multi-level process affecting labor organization, knowledge about labor, communication, and subjective forms of attention and thinking.