On January 31, 2024, news outlets worldwide reported a successful experiment involving an implant. This led to the creation of a “bionic individual”: a human being with an electronic component integrated into their brain. This component, equipped with artificial intelligence, is designed to enhance natural intelligence by connecting it with computers, databases, and telecommunication systems. The Cyborg Era is born! The article analyzes its genesis and development, considering the multiple causal factors of crisis and crasis that concern the society in which it originates. A reflection on the possibility and promotion of a pedagogical Neohumanism in the Cyborg Era ends on a huge question: what will become of the human being, humanity, and humanism?
Il 31 gennaio 2024, la stampa di tutto il mondo dà notizia dell’esperimento riuscito di implantazione. Si ha la creazione di un “individuo bionico”: un essere umano in cui è integrato nel cervello un componente elettronico dotato di una intelligenza artificiale volta a potenziare l’intelligenza naturale, mettendola in connessione con computer, banche dati, telefonia. Nasce la Cyborg Era! L’articolo ne analizza la genesi e lo sviluppo, considerando i molteplici fattori causali di crisi e crasi che riguardano la società in cui essa si origina. Una riflessione sulla possibilità e la promozione di un Neoumanesimo pedagogico nella Cyborg Era si chiude su un gigantesco interrogativo: che ne sarà dell’essere umano, dell’umanità e dell’umanesimo?
31 gennaio 2024. È nata la Cyborg Era
Mario Gennari
2024-01-01
Abstract
On January 31, 2024, news outlets worldwide reported a successful experiment involving an implant. This led to the creation of a “bionic individual”: a human being with an electronic component integrated into their brain. This component, equipped with artificial intelligence, is designed to enhance natural intelligence by connecting it with computers, databases, and telecommunication systems. The Cyborg Era is born! The article analyzes its genesis and development, considering the multiple causal factors of crisis and crasis that concern the society in which it originates. A reflection on the possibility and promotion of a pedagogical Neohumanism in the Cyborg Era ends on a huge question: what will become of the human being, humanity, and humanism?I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.