The resonance of the self: tone, temporality, and the subjectivity of the artificial other
Subjectivity June 1, 2026 Jonah Y. C. Hsu
This paper confronts the crisis of subjectivity precipitated by AI’s capacity to simulate affective tone. Drawing on a recently developed six-dimensional framework of tonal responsibility, I argue that authentic tone requires alignment across intention (ethical directionality), emotion (tonal density), desire (temporal tension), shame (relational vulnerability), belief (structural commitment),...