The Third Culture

The Impact of AI on Knowledge, Society and Consciousness in the 21st Century
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-48112-3
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 107 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 366 g

Reihe: Sustainable Finance

We are currently witnessing the emergence of a ‘third culture’, driven by unprecedented developments that are changing the playing field. These include advances in AI, big data analysis and robotics. The traditional ‘two cultures’ view (S. P. Snow) distinguishes between the sciences and the humanities. The wisdoms these two cultures offer are separated from each other, with little to no interaction or mutual comprehension. However, over the past two decades, and for the first time in human history, a new, third culture has appeared. This new culture, rooted in new technologies, not only pursues its own form of rationality but also supports advances in the original two cultures, deepening and expanding our individual and collective consciousness so that we can see more and do better. It will eventually give rise to new forms of consciousness based not on biochemical signals, but on copper wires and lithium chips. These new machine intelligences will change the world and force us to realise: we are no longer alone. The human species’ position in the twenty-first century will be fundamentally redefined: not as a conductor leading the orchestra, but a single string player within it.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brunnhuber, Stefan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wirtschaftsethik, Unternehmensethik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken Big Data
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Finding the Narrative: Shifting East.- Chapter 2. Finding Potential Integrators.- Chapter 3. The ‘Two Cultures’ Debate and the Logic of Scientific Revolutions.- Chapter 4. Towards Three Cultures.- Chapter 5. On Consciousness: The Evolving Mind.- Chapter 6.  Towards a Third Culture.- Chapter 7. Being Human in the Twenty-First Century.- Chapter 8. Questionary – an Adjusted Turing Test.- Chapter 9. The Dawn of a New Integral Wisdom.

Über Autor(innen)

Stefan Brunnhuber is medical director, chief medical officer and professor for sustainability and finance at the University of Applied Sciences Mittweida (Germany). He is a member of the European Academy of Science and Arts (EASA), the Board of Trustees at the World Academy of Arts and Science (WAAS) and full member of the Club of Rome. He was scientific advisor to the EU-Commission (2009), member of the Lancet-commission (2021-22), founding member of the Alma Mater Europeae (2011) and Senator (elected 2015-2020) of the European Academy of Science and Arts (EASA). He serves since 2022 as member of the German federal board of 'Sustainable Finance’ to the German government.