Abstract: Marx's labor theory of value reveals the inherent contradiction of capitalism: in its pursuit of surplus value, capital, on the one hand, strives to reduce labor time to a minimum, while, on the other, makes labor time the sole measure and source of wealth. The development of artificial intelligence (AI) and its capitalist application have intensified this contradiction. AI further replaces human labor, causing the creation of commodities to depend increasingly on the leverage effect on objectified labor rather than on the direct exploitation of present “living labor”; the speed and scope at which it displaces wage laborers far exceed the job compensation generated by expanded reproduction. The substantial reduction of necessary labor time and the exponential growth in the volume of products bring AI unprecedentedly close to the free service of natural forces, creating the material possibility for the emancipation of labor. However, as the sole source of value is gradually eroded, capital still strives to measure the immense power afforded by technology in terms of labor time and turns AI into a sophisticated instrument for deepening exploitation in order to relieve the pressure of a declining average rate of profit, thereby giving rise to numerous new forms of alienation. The capitalist application of AI does not falsify the labor theory of value; on the contrary, it further confirms the historically transient nature of the value form and of the capitalist mode of production that produces it.

Key words: Marx, the labor theory of value, inherent contradictions of capitalism, the capitalist application of artificial intelligence, alienation of labor

摘要： 马克思劳动价值论揭示了资本主义的内生矛盾，即资本为追求剩余价值，一方面竭力把劳动时间缩减到最低限度，另一方面又使劳动时间成为财富的唯一尺度和源泉。人工智能的发展及其资本主义应用加剧了这一矛盾。人工智能进一步代替了人类劳动，导致商品的创造愈发依赖对物化劳动的杠杆效应，而非对当下“活劳动”的直接剥削，其对雇佣劳动者的排挤速度与范围，远超扩大再生产带来的岗位补偿。必要劳动时间的大幅缩减和产品数量的指数增长，让人工智能前所未有地趋近自然力的无偿服务，创造了劳动解放的物质可能。然而，当价值的唯一源泉逐步被侵蚀，资本依然力求用劳动时间去衡量技术带来的巨大力量，并将人工智能转变为深化剥削以缓解平均利润率下降压力的精致工具，由此催生出诸多异化新形态。人工智能的资本主义应用不是证伪了劳动价值论，而是进一步印证了价值形式及产生这一形式的资本主义生产方式的历史暂时性。

关键词: 马克思, 劳动价值论, 资本主义内生矛盾, 人工智能的资本主义应用, 劳动异化