Ever since they began chipping stones and stretching ropes to shoot arrows, Homo Sapiens have always used technology as an extension of their natural faculties. The dialectic between human societies and their technological extensions marked the transitions between the eras of prehistory and history: hunting, agriculture, urbanization, industry, and the information society. These epochal transitions…
Homo Extensus: the new forms of human intelligence
To consistently describe the forms of Extended Intelligence, Marshall Mc Luhan’s dictum was sought to be applied: the “Medium is the message.” The body of knowledge, its physical form, affects the content. So here is an opportunity to develop an innovative format, the AI-book, with some distinctive features: Consistent with the principle of Homo Extensus,…
In the following paragraphs we try to imagine and describe profiles of Homo Extensus, representing as many forms of Extended Intelligence, applied in different fields: research, art, education, entrepreneurship, journalism and media, and ethics. These visions of Homo Extensus should certainly not be read as an academic treatment or established scientific literature, but as the…
A huge number of experts, programmers, linguists, logicians are engaging in the design and development of Artificial Intelligence technologies. The colossal industrial, commercial, financial, and media interest related to AI has attracted resources and attention worldwide. However, while everyone is thinking about the intelligent machine, the dimension of Extended Intelligence, the result of a future…
Writes Elon Musk, “The real question will be about meaning. If computers and robots can do everything better than you, does your life still have meaning? I think there may still be a role for humans in this – we could be the ones to give meaning to AI.” Coming from an enthusiastic protagonist of…
For the ancient Greeks, there was not just one form of intelligence, but two main definitions: logos and metis. Logos is considered the most abstract form of intelligence, e.g., rational thought for Plato, the law of the universe for Heraclitus. Metis, on the other hand, is a form of intelligence that relates to abilities to…
A characteristic feature of Homo Extensus is the extension of sensory faculties, and functionality related to perception. Glasses integrated with Computer Vision enable recognition of objects, from plants to works of art, and contextual descriptions. This enables an enhanced learning experience in the environment with digital tools that can generate new applications, from audio guides…
Some activities remain deeply human, including those based on bodily intelligence, which we will call ” logosomatic.” Artificial intelligence has no body. Anything that is deeply connected with the body takes on new prominence today because of its distinctiveness from artificial intelligence. There are people who have expressed intellectual activities deeply connected to the body…
Artificial intelligence offers multiple opportunities to transform the journalism profession through a range of innovative features. In general, AI is not crucial to content generation as such, the final drafting of which is always the journalist’s job. Instead, artificial intelligence can provide a range of services to simplify onerous research, analysis, and synthesis tasks, and…
Mutant publishing is the emerging condition of the publishing industry, which must develop new forms in a regenerative startup process to meet digital challenges. The publishing industry is being profoundly impacted by the advent of digital platforms, which are challenging business models and the very role of publishers. Faced with such a serious threat to…
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