Philosophy and Consciousness in the Future Cyborgs and Artificial Intelligence waiting for Immortality

• Published in: In medias res (Zagreb, Online) Vol. 9; no. 16; pp. 2511 - 2522
• Main Authors: Vertovšek, Nenad, Greguric Knežević, Ivana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Center for Philosophy of Media and Media Research 26.05.2020
• Subjects: artificial intelligence; communication; consciousness; cyborgs; future; media; philosophy
• DOI: 10.46640/imr.9.16.3
• ISSN: 1848-6304

Natural sciences and technologies place artificial intelligence, robotics and cyborgs at the centre of human attention. However, virtual and augmented reality and the unthinkable possibilities of the future media and communication between individuals and social groups might be deeper and broader than we think, and evolve in forms we have not hoped for. If philosophy wants to focus on the essence of scientific-technical age, it must reflect on the very foundations of computer-operational thinking, because artificial intelligence has already started to develop its own consciousness and may, in the future, devise a strategy of development beyond man and without man. Prirodne znanosti i tehnologije stavljaju u središte ljudske pozornosti umjetnu inteligenciju, robotiku i kiborge. Međutim, virtualna i proširena stvarnost te nezamislive mogućnosti budućih medija i komunikacija između pojedinaca i društvenih skupina mogle bi biti dublje i šire nego što mislimo i razvijati se u oblicima kojima se još ne nadamo. Ako se filozofija želi orjentirati u biti znanstveno – tehničkog doba, ona mora misliti same temelje računalno – operativnog mišljenja jer umjetna inteligencija već danas razvija vlastitu svjesnost a u budućnosti i strategiju razvoja mimo čovjeka i bez čovjeka.