A “new vision” of humanity in the world and the “anthropic nature” of science in the context of contemporary developments in artificial intelligence: philosophical and methodological explorations

Abstract

This article aims to provide a philosophical and methodological analysis of the transformation of conceptions of the human being in contemporary scientific knowledge in the context of the development of artificial intelligence, and to substantiate the concept of the “anthropicity of science” as a methodological principle for interpreting the relationship between humans, nature, and the technosphere. Methods. The methodological framework of the study is based on philosophical-reflective and interdisciplinary approaches, methods of systems and structural-functional analysis, as well as elements of evolutionary and synergetic methodology. Results. The study demonstrates that the classical view of the human being as an external observer of science loses its significance from the perspectives of synergetics, the doctrine of the noosphere, the thermodynamics of real processes, and the contemporary anthropic cosmological principle. It is argued that modern science increasingly emphasizes human embeddedness in natural, social, and technological processes and therefore calls for a reconsideration of the concept of the anthropicity of science. Artificial intelligence is shown to be appropriately understood not only as an instrument but also as a hybrid ontological form emerging from the interaction of technical, informational, and social dimensions and shaping the conditions of human existence. The limitations of instrumentalist approaches to AI are identified, and the heuristic potential of emergent and post-humanitarian concepts is outlined. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the conceptualization of the anthropicity of science as a general methodological principle of scientific inquiry and in substantiating the ontological status of artificial intelligence as a factor in the transformation of contemporary conceptions of the human being. Conclusions. The “new vision” of the human in the world is associated with a rejection of reductionist models of cognition and with the affirmation of a responsible, anthropically oriented understanding of science and technology.