# Becoming human in the age of AI: cognitive co-evolutionary processes

## TL;DR

The paper explores how AI and human cognition might co-evolve, challenging the idea of a fixed human brain and urging anticipation of future changes.

## Contribution

It introduces a theoretical framework for understanding AI-human cognitive co-evolution and emphasizes the need for anticipatory thinking.

## Key findings

- Human cognition is adaptive and shaped by long-term technological engagement.
- AI integration may transform concepts of humanness and socio-technical practices.
- A fixed 'Stone Age brain' concept is challenged in favor of a dynamic cognitive model.

## Abstract

This perspective article brings to focus the unpredictable trajectory of AI-human cognitive co-evolution. Challenging the notion of a fixed ‘Stone Age brain’, 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’s integration into human life may transform our notions of humanness, as AI systems are reshaping human cognition, relationships, and socio-technical practices.