Mapping AI avant-gardes in time: posthumanism, transhumanism, genhumanism

2023-10-03

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This paper addresses the challenge posed by AI development to the foundations of humanism, systematically tracing the historical evolution, conceptual distinctions, and paradigmatic shifts among posthumanism, transhumanism, and the newly proposed “genhumanism.” Employing a “time–ideology” three-dimensional framework, it integrates digital humanities, conceptual history analysis, interdisciplinary discourse mapping, and critical technology studies. The study identifies, for the first time, key divergences, intersections, and generational transitions across technological philosophy, ethics, and socio-imaginative dimensions. Its contributions include: (1) a dynamic intellectual history map of AI thought and a diachronic terminology timeline revealing a hitherto obscured biological turn; (2) the articulation of genhumanism as an integrative theoretical framework; and (3) the design of a collaborative practice initiative uniting philosophers and AI engineers—thereby grounding AI governance in historical depth and normative anchoring.

Technology Category

• Philosophy and Ethics of AI: Artificial General Intelligence
• Humans and AI: Other Foundations of Human Computation & AI
• Intelligent Robots: Embodied AI

Application Category

• Economics, Online Markets and Human Computation: Economic ramifications for generative AI infrastructure and applications
• Social Networks and Social Media: Generative AI / large language models and their impact on social systems
• Semantics and Knowledge: Data modeling to support human-machine intelligence, including LLMs agents, intelligent system behavior, explanations, and user-friendly interactions

Problem

• Differentiates posthumanism, transhumanism, and genhumanism temporally.
• Introduces generative humanism as a response to AI advancements.
• Proposes collaboration between philosophers and AI engineers in genhumanism.

Innovation

• Temporal divisions differentiate post- and transhumanism.
• Introduces generative humanism for AI and society.
• Philosophers collaborate with AI engineers on genhumanism.