Making the world observable and accountable: An ethnomethodological inquiry into the distinction between illustration and exhaustion

Abstract This article explores the connection between two fields, artificial intelligence (AI) and transhumanist posthumanism. In linking them, author proposes a distinction of "exhaustion/illustration" to extend various discussions what extent AI can learn from human (HI) vice versa. Ethnomethodology, whose aim is study how social members make settings “observable accountable”, may contribute our understanding how, if possible, makes its accountings accounting practices accountable”. Through lens ethnomethodology, will be demonstrated as logics approaching world. beginning, logic illustration, belonging mind, creates distance humans their world things understandable, with no regard truly represented or not. Later in history scientific technological development, especially pursuing exactness, steadiness, predictability, exhaustion has been gradually developed eliminate through formalizing almost everything, resulting situation which machines imitate each other become intertwined. rejecting grand narratives post-modernists stated, comes after another narrative occupied by exhaustion. It this that penetrated daily life becomes omnipresent. Humanities endangered internalizing relationships cannot appropriately evaluated illustration kept overlooked.