The End of Vagueness: Technological Epistemicism, Surveillance Capitalism, and Explainable Artificial Intelligence

Abstract Artificial Intelligence (AI) pervades humanity in 2022, and it is notoriously difficult to understand how certain aspects of work. There a movement— Explainable (XAI)—to develop new methods for explaining the behaviours AI systems. We aim highlight one important philosophical significance XAI—it has role play elimination vagueness. To show this, consider that use what been labeled surveillance capitalism resulted humans quickly gaining capability identify classify most occasions which languages are used. knowability this information incompatible with theory vagueness— epistemicism —says about argue way epistemicist could respond threat claim process brought end However, we suggest an alternative interpretation, namely false, but there weaker doctrine dub technological , view vagueness due ignorance linguistic usage, can be overcome. The idea knowing more relevant data enables us know semantic values our words sentences higher confidence precision. Finally, probably not going believe future algorithms tell sharp boundaries vague unless involved explained terms understandable by humans. That is, if people accept them meanings their words, then have XAI.