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Dalian University of Technology
Fudan University

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With the rapid development of information and communication technology (ICT) and sensor technology, ubiquitous computing (or pervasive computing) has become widely used with much convenience to human life. For instance, people can use their electronic devices at hand (e.g., Google glasses or Apple watch) to access information they need. However, this “ubiquitous” service poses challenges to human autonomy. Based on the analysis of the features of pervasive computing, this paper points out the ambiguity between the subject and object of ubiquitous computing and shows technological interventions can affect human autonomy at three levels: technology addiction, the degradation of human capacities, and the reversal of the end and the means caused by the fuzziness of man-machine interface. In other words, ubiquitous computing gives people unprecedented convenience, and it also deprives of their freedom. According to Kant’s Theory of Freedom, this article reflects on the relationship between the autonomy of technology and that of humankind.

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ubiquitous computing, technological autonomy, human autonomy, freedom

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