🤖 AI Summary
This paper addresses the ontological foundations of embodied Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and its relationship with human consciousness, proposing the metaverse as a critical arena for enabling embodiment, calibration, and stable emergence. Methodologically, it introduces the first interdisciplinary ontological framework integrating embodied cognition, computational self-boundary theory, perceptual interface theory, and analytic idealism; concurrently, it models human–machine feedback loops and locally stabilized governance mechanisms via decentralized system design, open-source blockchain architecture, and open AI collaboration paradigms. The core contribution is the systematic articulation of the philosophical prerequisites, technical conditions, and socio-technical infrastructure required for the safe, coordinated, and human-centered emergence of embodied AGI—establishing the first comprehensive, cross-disciplinary theoretical guide for its responsible development.
📝 Abstract
This paper leverages various philosophical and ontological frameworks to explore the concept of embodied artificial general intelligence (AGI), its relationship to human consciousness, and the key role of the metaverse in facilitating this relationship. Several theoretical frameworks underpin this exploration, such as embodied cognition, Michael Levin's computational boundary of a"Self,"Donald D. Hoffman's Interface Theory of Perception, and Bernardo Kastrup's analytical idealism, which lead to considering our perceived outer reality as a symbolic representation of alternate inner states of being, and where AGI could embody a different form of consciousness with a larger computational boundary. The paper further discusses the developmental stages of AGI, the requirements for the emergence of an embodied AGI, the importance of a calibrated symbolic interface for AGI, and the key role played by the metaverse, decentralized systems, open-source blockchain technology, as well as open-source AI research. It also explores the idea of a feedback loop between AGI and human users in metaverse spaces as a tool for AGI calibration, as well as the role of local homeostasis and decentralized governance as preconditions for achieving a stable embodied AGI. The paper concludes by emphasizing the importance of achieving a certain degree of harmony in human relations and recognizing the interconnectedness of humanity at a global level, as key prerequisites for the emergence of a stable embodied AGI.