The Co-Evolution of the Extended Mind and the Internet
Harry Halpin
The 2021 Summit of the International Society for the Study of Information May 26, 2022 DOI: 10.3390/proceedings2022081148 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that cognitive extension is already occurring through internet use, not only through imagined brain-chip cyborgs, and that this extension is the product of a co-evolutionary development of the internet itself. |
Abstract
In this essay, we use the provocation of the possibility of artificial intelligence involving the physical merger of humans and machines to explore cognitive extension and the co-evolution of humans and technology. Our aim is to show that far from the stereotypical vision of cyborgs requiring chips in their brain, we are already becoming cognitively extended by the internet, and this is the product of a co-evolutionary development of the internet itself.