Human Identity in the Age of Software Agents

  • Authors:
  • John Pickering

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • CT '01 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cognitive Technology: Instruments of Mind
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

The human psychological condition arises in a strange loop. The mind is created within a cultural envelope which is itself created by the mind. Human identity is aquired as the cultural envelop is assimilated, a process in which other human agents are crucial. With the advent of information technology non-human agents have entered the loop. This paper discusses how this may affect our sense of who we are.