Scientific seminar on ‘Cyborgisation: New Challenges for Modern Governance’
On 18 October 2024, the MGIMO AI Centre held a roundtable discussion on the prospects of cyborgisation in the digital transformation of social life.
The event was opened by A.V. Abramova, Head of the MGIMO AI Centre. The round table was moderated by O.N. Gurov, a researcher at the Centre and Associate Professor at the Department of Economics of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
The round table was attended by experts from various fields: economists and philosophers, specialists in international relations and representatives of technology companies and research centres, art historians and culturologists, including representatives of MIPT, Yerevan State University, Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Southern Federal University, VGIK and other universities, as well as representatives of Motorika, Neuro Centre (Skoltech) and Mirapolis.
The round table was devoted to the current problems at the intersection of modern control systems, artificial intelligence and robotics. Participants discussed profound changes in the understanding of human consciousness and identity, ethical and social implications of AI and robotics, as well as the transformation of the human role in production processes and social life under the influence of technological advances.
Here are the statements of the speakers:
Jacques Samvelovich Manukyan, Head of the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Yerevan State University, on cyber security issues within the CSTO:
Threats to the sovereignty of states have undergone serious changes in modern international relations, and in this context, in addition to confronting traditional threats, it has become a priority to take care of one's own cyber security in the era of digital technologies. This problem is also relevant for the CSTO member states.
Anton Kostin, Grigory Konson, MIPT:
‘Virtual assistants capable of reading user's emotions and, subsequently, predicting their actions in the context of preventing the formation of negative behavioural patterns - the stage of AI development where it becomes not just a tool, but the user's interlocutor, capable of understanding and supporting him in different periods of life and the corresponding psychological mood.’
Maria Zheltukhina, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor of RAO, Academician of RAEN.
developer of the cvcode project, mentor of the Fiztech Union:
‘I very much hope that cyborgisation as the integration of technology into the human body and mind, resulting in profound transformations in the understanding of consciousness, identity, responsibility will improve human physical and cognitive abilities. It is important to consider both positive aspects and possible risks in order to preserve feelings and reason, human dignity and diversity of individual experience in a technologically saturated world.’
Artem Amentes, head of the project on digitisation of human personality ‘Social Code’, developer of the cvcode project, mentor of the Fiztech Union:
‘Artificial intelligence today is a machine that allows in the process of information production, a specialist to become an observer of the process and conduct quality control of information production. Thus, the speed of production of data, information and knowledge increases, as well as labour productivity at the workplaces of the creators of information products increases.’
Dmitry Zakharov, art historian, employee of VGIK:
Representatives of posthumanism in philosophy and artistic practice reject the notion of man as the crown of creation, the centre of the universe, and quite radically revise the ontology of natural and technological objects.
In posthumanism, computers, robots, cyborgs, as well as animals, plants, and viruses are defined in a quite revolutionary spirit as subjects (selves, agents, actants, actors) who participate in interspecies semiosis, influence the history of mankind, and act as subjects of law.
Alexei Akhmetshin, Motorika, Marketing Director.
For us, a cyborg is a cybernetic person who skilfully uses technology to manage his or her health. Every year more and more users of prostheses and neurostimulators call themselves cyborgs, our task is to solve not only technological, but also social, legal and ethical issues related to the integration of these technologies into human life.
Kirill Igorevich Dyakov, Mirapolis-Integration LLC, General Director
Cyborgisation as a fusion of the natural and the artificial applies not only to man, his body and consciousness, but also to social processes, primarily to the economy, which is also cyborgised. The company I manage is engaged in intellectualisation of those processes that were previously hardly associated with technology, including personnel management and development. Thus, we can talk about the cyberneticisation of management processes, when technologies are increasingly penetrating into areas traditionally associated with human activity.
The event was opened by A.V. Abramova, Head of the MGIMO AI Centre. The round table was moderated by O.N. Gurov, a researcher at the Centre and Associate Professor at the Department of Economics of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
The round table was attended by experts from various fields: economists and philosophers, specialists in international relations and representatives of technology companies and research centres, art historians and culturologists, including representatives of MIPT, Yerevan State University, Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Southern Federal University, VGIK and other universities, as well as representatives of Motorika, Neuro Centre (Skoltech) and Mirapolis.
The round table was devoted to the current problems at the intersection of modern control systems, artificial intelligence and robotics. Participants discussed profound changes in the understanding of human consciousness and identity, ethical and social implications of AI and robotics, as well as the transformation of the human role in production processes and social life under the influence of technological advances.
Here are the statements of the speakers:
Jacques Samvelovich Manukyan, Head of the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Yerevan State University, on cyber security issues within the CSTO:
Threats to the sovereignty of states have undergone serious changes in modern international relations, and in this context, in addition to confronting traditional threats, it has become a priority to take care of one's own cyber security in the era of digital technologies. This problem is also relevant for the CSTO member states.
Anton Kostin, Grigory Konson, MIPT:
‘Virtual assistants capable of reading user's emotions and, subsequently, predicting their actions in the context of preventing the formation of negative behavioural patterns - the stage of AI development where it becomes not just a tool, but the user's interlocutor, capable of understanding and supporting him in different periods of life and the corresponding psychological mood.’
Maria Zheltukhina, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor of RAO, Academician of RAEN.
developer of the cvcode project, mentor of the Fiztech Union:
‘I very much hope that cyborgisation as the integration of technology into the human body and mind, resulting in profound transformations in the understanding of consciousness, identity, responsibility will improve human physical and cognitive abilities. It is important to consider both positive aspects and possible risks in order to preserve feelings and reason, human dignity and diversity of individual experience in a technologically saturated world.’
Artem Amentes, head of the project on digitisation of human personality ‘Social Code’, developer of the cvcode project, mentor of the Fiztech Union:
‘Artificial intelligence today is a machine that allows in the process of information production, a specialist to become an observer of the process and conduct quality control of information production. Thus, the speed of production of data, information and knowledge increases, as well as labour productivity at the workplaces of the creators of information products increases.’
Dmitry Zakharov, art historian, employee of VGIK:
Representatives of posthumanism in philosophy and artistic practice reject the notion of man as the crown of creation, the centre of the universe, and quite radically revise the ontology of natural and technological objects.
In posthumanism, computers, robots, cyborgs, as well as animals, plants, and viruses are defined in a quite revolutionary spirit as subjects (selves, agents, actants, actors) who participate in interspecies semiosis, influence the history of mankind, and act as subjects of law.
Alexei Akhmetshin, Motorika, Marketing Director.
For us, a cyborg is a cybernetic person who skilfully uses technology to manage his or her health. Every year more and more users of prostheses and neurostimulators call themselves cyborgs, our task is to solve not only technological, but also social, legal and ethical issues related to the integration of these technologies into human life.
Kirill Igorevich Dyakov, Mirapolis-Integration LLC, General Director
Cyborgisation as a fusion of the natural and the artificial applies not only to man, his body and consciousness, but also to social processes, primarily to the economy, which is also cyborgised. The company I manage is engaged in intellectualisation of those processes that were previously hardly associated with technology, including personnel management and development. Thus, we can talk about the cyberneticisation of management processes, when technologies are increasingly penetrating into areas traditionally associated with human activity.
