The Philosophy of the Rider and Artificial Intelligence: Movement, Freedom, Power

2025

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DOI 10.31489/2025hph4/206-215
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Abstract

This article offers a philosophical reflection on how freedom, movement, and inner intuition can be preserved in the digital age. By comparing the figure of the horse rider in nomadic culture with the phenomenon of arti-ficial intelligence, the author reinterprets the concepts of motion, freedom, and power. The rider is presented not merely as a person in control of transport, but as a sentient subject capable of intuitively and bodily en-gaging with space. In contrast, artificial intelligence can simulate movement but lacks the capacity to feel it. The paper identifies fundamental differences between nomadic consciousness and algorithmic logic, while al-so exploring potential points of convergence. The study calls for a humanistic reevaluation of technology—not a rejection, but a search for ways of living with it in a manner worthy of the human being. The author raises a critical question: do we still choose our own path, or have algorithms already made the decisions for us? The conclusion suggests that the digital era does not erase nomadic consciousness but transforms it into a new form—a kind of digital horsemanship. The article serves as a philosophical invitation to rediscover hu-man existence and freedom within a digital world.