Kartografie (nie)wiedzy „nowych wieków ciemnych”: kryzys eksperckiej pewności i poszukiwanie alternatyw poprzez sztukę

This article focuses on the crisis in the area of expert-endorsed knowledge and culture dominated by hegemonic technologies, contributing to the growing refusal to conform to the opinion of experts facilitating the systemic exercise of the power of technopoly. The operations of such experts are both explicit (activity in the media) and implicit (designing of artificial intelligence algorithms). However, their authority is diminishing due to cultural change induced by social media. The text uses culture, specifically art and its critical contribution, as a reference point for the unfolding discussion. It presents artistic methodologies (decolonisation of technology) and theoretical proposals considering the said refusal in terms of the postulate of unlearning. James Bridle’s concept of ‘New Dark Age’ is juxtaposed with Neil Postman’s concept of technopoly. The state of uncertainty is indicated as allowing a different approach to the rising confusion due to excessive information and contradicting opinions. In contrast to the certainty of the expert opinion, alternative (non)knowledge cartographies are proposed to facilitate navigation in modern reality.