{"id":4535,"date":"2026-03-04T07:58:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/?p=4535"},"modified":"2026-03-04T07:59:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:59:35","slug":"becoming-human-in-the-age-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/?p=4535","title":{"rendered":"Becoming human in the age of AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Anders H\u00f6gberg published a paper in which he discusses the significance of Artificial General Intelligence in the context of human cognitive co-evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ABSTRACT: This perspective article brings to focus the unpredictable trajectory of AI-human cognitive co-evolution. Challenging the notion of a fixed \u2018Stone Age brain\u2019, it emphasizes the adaptive and plastic nature of human cognition shaped by millions of years of technological engagement. Underlining the need for anticipatory thinking, it asks: What do we need to know now, to be able to recognize what people need to understand in a yet unexplored future of AI-human cognitive co-evolution? Rather than presenting empirical findings, this theoretical and exploratory piece seeks to stimulate reflection and dialog on how AI\u2019s integration into human life may transform our notions of humanness, as AI systems are reshaping human cognition, relationships, and socio-technical practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>H\u00f6gberg asks: how might AI-human collaboration redefine future understandings of what it means to be human?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>H\u00f6gberg, A. 2026. Becoming human in the age of AI: cognitive co-evolutionary processes. <em>Frontiers in Psychology<\/em>, 16:1734048. doi: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2025.1734048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.3389\/fpsyg.2025.1734048<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anders H\u00f6gberg published a paper in which he discusses the significance of Artificial General Intelligence in the context of human cognitive co-evolution. ABSTRACT: This perspective article brings to focus the unpredictable trajectory of AI-human cognitive co-evolution. 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