Abstract:

The universalization of algorithmic technology is changing and reshaping the life world. The increasingly personalized and convenient function of algorithms can provide specific suggestions and guidance for human actions, but it also brings the problem of human “reverse adaptation”. Further inquiry into the ethics of algorithms shows that algorithmic technology constantly covers humans’ original will and choice, inhibits the vitality of human cultural innovation, and hinders the coordinated development of society. As this phenomenon continues to intensify, human beings are immersed in the fragmented reality, and gradually form an unaware “reverse adaptation”, forgetting how people should be. Human beings are willing to be transformed and dominated by algorithmic technology, cater to the generation of algorithm culture, and inevitably fall into the communal dilemma that people cannot connect with each other in the end. Based on this, we advocate an ethical attitude towards algorithms as follows: reflect on and go beyond “reverse adaptation”, and focus on the harmonious resonance of the good life so as to protect the essential existence of human beings.

Key words: ethics of algorithms, reverse adaptation, harmonious resonance, ethical attitude