Artificial Intelligence in the face of fascism: a discussion from ChatGPT

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-795X.2025.e101322

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence, Cyberfascism, Digital technologies

Abstract

Aiming to discuss the neutrality of ChatGPT's generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool, this article discusses the relationships between fascism and the responses produced by the chatbot. The first part presents definitions of the concept of fascism and discusses the relationship between cybernetics and fascism, emphasizing its contemporary aspect driven by algorithmic mediation. The emergence of ChatGPT is then contextualized, comparing some previous experiences of AIs presented as a tool for dialogue that were forced to deal with political radicalization and the feeding of artificial intelligence with content tuned to a fascist ethos by some users. We also reflect on the presence of generative AIs in education, postulating the proximity of Freire's concept of banking education to contemporary cybertechnicism. In the empirical part, we report data from an interview-style experiment conducted with ChatGPT, in which questions are formulated that attempt to induce the artificial intelligence to respond by taking a position in certain controversial debates. In analyzing the experiment, we pointed out some affinities of these responses with fascist political ideology. Finally, we discuss these data in light of the concept of mediation and technical culture in Gilbert Simondon.

Author Biographies

Rodrigo Lages e Silva, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

He holds a PhD in Psychology: Subjectivity Studies from Universidade Federal Fluminense, UFF, Niterói, RJ, Brasil (with a period of study at Universitat Rovira y Virgili _Tarragona/ES, sandwich doctorate), a master's degree in Social and Institutional Psychology from UFRGS and a degree in Psychology from UNISINOS. He was a visiting professor with CAPES-PRINT funding at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, ​​in the Graduate Program in Society and the Contemporary World. He is a professor in the Department of Basic Studies of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (DEBAS) and in the Graduate Program in Education in the Learning and Teaching line. He is the coordinator of the research group INOMINAAR - Studies on INventive learning, Nomadic knowledge, Minoritarian becomings, eNAtive cognition and Teaching Artisans. He works as a researcher and graduate advisor in the following themes: embodied learning; teaching of human sciences; genealogy of educational psychologies; immigration, refuge and the effects of urban experience on cognition and educational practices.

Juliana Fraga, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Master in Education from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFGRS, Brasil. PhD student in Education at the Postgraduate Program in Education at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), specialist in School Management and Planning from La Salle University (Unilasalle) and graduated in History from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos). She has teaching experience since 2002, having worked in Basic Education with children, youth and adults. She has experience in Teaching History, has taught Theater workshops in schools since 2012, directing more than 12 theater productions with children and adolescents in schools in the cities of Esteio and Porto Alegre. Extensive experience in educational projects with multi-grade groups, based on the interests and needs of students. She is currently a CAPES scholarship holder, researching in the area of ​​Teaching and Learning in Education, especially themes related to historical literacy and the pedagogical power of Theater in the context of Platform Societies (negationism and neofascism).

Geovane Dantas Lacerda, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Master in Education, PPGEDU- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Brasil. PhD candidate in Education (PPGEDU-UFRGS). I am a basic education teacher, graduated in History (UNISINOS) with specialization in the areas of Philosophy (Philosophy: The classics and their works, UNISINOS) and Education (Media in Education, UFRGS).

Marcelo Leandro Eichler, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

He holds a degree in Chemistry (1997), a master's degree in Psychology (2000) and a PhD in Developmental Psychology (2004), obtaining all titles from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS, Brasil. He taught at four other public universities (UERGS, UFBA, FURG and UFSC) and is currently an adjunct professor in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), a permanent professor in the postgraduate programs in Education (UFRGS) and in Science Education (UFRGS/UFSM/UNIPAMPA) and a researcher in the Area of ​​Chemical Education. He was local coordinator of the Professional Master's Degree in Chemistry in the National Network (2017-2018) and coordinator of the chemistry courses at UFRGS (2019-2020). He was a scholarship holder for Productivity in Technological Development and Innovative Extension between 2010 and 2020; has been a Research Productivity Fellow since 03/2022. His research and innovation activities are related to the dissemination of information and communication technologies in scientific and technological education. He is also interested in agnotology studies and the thematization and updating of Jean Piaget's research project. He has experience in the areas of educational psychology and chemistry teaching, working mainly on the following topics: genetic epistemology, environmental psychology, science didactics, educational informatics and teacher training.

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Silva, R. L. e, Fraga, J., Lacerda, G. D., & Eichler, M. L. (2025). Artificial Intelligence in the face of fascism: a discussion from ChatGPT . Perspectiva, 43(3), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-795X.2025.e101322

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