As Ambient Intelligence weaves computing into everyday life, human existence has become inextricably linked to ubiquitous digital infrastructures, triggering a crisis of personal data sovereignty. Driven by extractivism and data colonialism, platforms exploit human experience as a terra nullius, enclosing proprietary user models within isolated silos. We argue that legal frameworks like the EU Digital Rights and GDPR fail to counter this power asymmetry because they regulate inert raw data while leaving monopolies over algorithmic inferences unchallenged. Consequently, current architectures act as funhouse mirrors, creating a grotesque, distorted depiction of our digital selves. Through critical posthumanism and four contemporary scenarios (entertainment, e-commerce, fintech, and telematics), this paper illustrates how data siloing inflicts cognitive amputation, ontological violence, and self-censorship. We argue that securing digital rights requires moving beyond defensive regulation toward a decolonial infrastructure that guarantees the functional transferability of algorithmic identities, reclaiming technology for the emancipation of the posthuman self.
翻译:随着环境智能将计算编织进日常生活,人类存在已与无处不在的数字基础设施密不可分,从而引发个人数据主权危机。在萃取主义与数据殖民主义的驱动下,平台将人类经验视为无主之地加以剥削,将专有用户模型封闭在孤立的数据孤岛中。我们认为,欧盟数字权利法案与《通用数据保护条例》等法律框架未能有效对抗这种权力不对称,原因在于它们仅规范静止的原始数据,却对算法推断的垄断地位未加挑战。因此,当前架构犹如哈哈镜,对数字自我创造出怪诞扭曲的描绘。本文通过批判性后人类主义与四个当代场景(娱乐、电子商务、金融科技与远程信息处理),阐释了数据孤岛化如何导致认知截肢、存在暴力与自我审查。我们主张,保障数字权利需要超越防御性监管,迈向一种去殖民化基础设施——该基础设施能确保算法身份的功能性可迁移性,从而将技术重新收归后人类自我的解放事业。