Article ID: CBB481706180

The Technological Singularity as the Emergence of a Collective Consciousness: An Anthropological Perspective (2021)

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The technological singularity is popularly envisioned as a point in time when (a) an explosion of growth in artificial intelligence (AI) leads to machines becoming smarter than humans in every capacity, even gaining consciousness in the process; or (b) humans become so integrated with AI that we could no longer be called human in the traditional sense. This article argues that the technological singularity does not represent a point in time but a process in the ongoing construction of a collective consciousness. Innovations from the earliest graphic representations to the present reduced the time it took to transmit information, reducing the cognitive space between individuals. The steady pace of innovations ultimately led to the communications satellite, fast-tracking this collective consciousness. The development of AI in the late 1960s has been the latest innovation in this process, increasing the speed of information while allowing individuals to shape events as they happen.

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Authors & Contributors
Jeremy Pitt
Neil Urquhart
The Anh Han
Mariusz Baranowski
Terry Payne
Tom Kane
Concepts
Technology and society
Computers--social aspects
Internet
Artificial intelligence
Big data
Computers and computing
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
Places
United States
Latin America
Japan
Europe
European Union
Iran
Institutions
Facebook (firm)
Uber
IEEE
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