“Freedom has a cost”:

Algorithmic aesthetics of inclusion, consumption, and the commodification of diversity

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54786/revistaeptic.v27i3.22918

Abstract

This article critically analyzes a fictional Coca-Cola advertisement generated by AI, featuring a non-binary person, to discuss the limits of algorithmic inclusion. Drawing on Critical Discourse Analysis, Social Semiotics, and Queer Theory, the study shows how AI reproduces stereotypes of gender and sexual dissidence, shaping an “algorithmic aesthetics of inclusion” that commodifies diversity. It concludes that, rather than pluralizing, AI standardizes LGBTQIAPN+ representations, neutralizing their disruptive potential in favor of market legibility, highlighting algorithmic justice as an ethical imperative in the face of this symbolic erasure disguised as inclusion.

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Author Biography

Leonardo Mozdzenski, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Doutor em Comunicação e doutor em Letras/Linguística, com pós-doutorado em Direitos Humanos, pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Professor da Pós-Graduação Lato Sensu do Instituto de Educação Continuada da PUC Minas. Pesquisador integrante do Grupo de Pesquisa PHiNC - Publicidade Híbrida e Narrativas de Consumo (PPGCOM-UFPE/CNPq). E-mail: leo_moz@yahoo.com.br.

Published

2025-12-09

How to Cite

Mozdzenski, L. (2025). “Freedom has a cost”:: Algorithmic aesthetics of inclusion, consumption, and the commodification of diversity . Revista Eletrônica Internacional De Economia Política Da Informação, Da Comunicação E Da Cultura, 27(3), 123–137. https://doi.org/10.54786/revistaeptic.v27i3.22918