Intelligent Cultural Ecologies Through an Analysis of Actors and Values for the Construction of Humanized Technological Futures

Abstract

Technological transformations driven by the expansion of artificial intelligence and intensive digitization are profoundly reshaping cultural structures and value systems that guide social life. In this context, culture is increasingly organized as a complex sociotechnical ecology, in which heterogeneous actors interact, and whose positions, interests, and axiological orientations influence the construction of possible futures. This article analyzes these ecologies.

Methodologically, the study adopts a prospective qualitative-quantitative approach based on a review of specialized literature and the application of the MACTOR method, with the participation of a panel of 15 experts. The analysis identified the main actors in the system, their levels of influence and dependence, as well as the axiological convergences and divergences around eleven strategic values ​​linked to technological humanization. The results show a broad convergence in values ​​such as algorithmic justice, common digital well-being, and technological humanization, along with persistent tensions surrounding cultural autonomy and epistemological diversity.

The article concludes that the construction of humanized technological futures depends less on discursive consensus and more on the effective capacity to mobilize values ​​within smart cultural ecologies, underscoring the need for philosophical approaches that integrate axiological analysis, sociotechnical agency, and cultural governance.