Innovation as a practice: Why automation will not kill innovation

As a result of contemporary culture’s focus on continuous innovation and “change before you have to,” innovation has been identified with economic gains rather than with creating added value for society. At the same time, given current trends related to the automation of business models, workers see...

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Main Authors: Dulce M. Redín, Goretti Cabaleiro-Cerviño, Ignacio Rodriguez-Carreño, German Scalzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1045508/full
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description As a result of contemporary culture’s focus on continuous innovation and “change before you have to,” innovation has been identified with economic gains rather than with creating added value for society. At the same time, given current trends related to the automation of business models, workers seem all but destined to be replaced by machines in the labor market. In this context, we attempt to explore whether robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be able to innovate, and the extent to which said activity is exclusively inherent to human nature. Following the need for a more anthropological view of innovation, we make use of MacIntyrean categories to present innovation as a domain-relative practice with creativity and practical wisdom as its corresponding virtues. We explain why innovation can only be understood within a tradition as it implies participating in inquiry about the principle and end of practical life. We conclude that machines and “intelligent” devices do not have the capacity to innovate and they never will. They may replicate the human capacity for creativity, but they squarely lack the necessary conditions to be a locus of virtue or engage with a tradition.
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spelling doaj.art-41726284b5de44daadc0c857918bc2872023-01-13T15:05:51ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-01-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10455081045508Innovation as a practice: Why automation will not kill innovationDulce M. Redín0Goretti Cabaleiro-Cerviño1Ignacio Rodriguez-Carreño2German Scalzo3Department of Business, Uinversity of Navarra, School of Economics and Business, Pamplona, SpainDepartment of Business, Uinversity of Navarra, School of Economics and Business, Pamplona, SpainDepartment of Business, Uinversity of Navarra, School of Economics and Business, Pamplona, SpainBusiness Ethics Department, Universidad Panamericana, School of Economics and Business, Mexico City, MexicoAs a result of contemporary culture’s focus on continuous innovation and “change before you have to,” innovation has been identified with economic gains rather than with creating added value for society. At the same time, given current trends related to the automation of business models, workers seem all but destined to be replaced by machines in the labor market. In this context, we attempt to explore whether robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be able to innovate, and the extent to which said activity is exclusively inherent to human nature. Following the need for a more anthropological view of innovation, we make use of MacIntyrean categories to present innovation as a domain-relative practice with creativity and practical wisdom as its corresponding virtues. We explain why innovation can only be understood within a tradition as it implies participating in inquiry about the principle and end of practical life. We conclude that machines and “intelligent” devices do not have the capacity to innovate and they never will. They may replicate the human capacity for creativity, but they squarely lack the necessary conditions to be a locus of virtue or engage with a tradition.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1045508/fullAItraditionvirtuesinnovationautomationMacIntyre
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