Diversity and Resilience as Cultural Dimensions of Human Transformation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: In the context of the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and the onset of the technological singularity, the human being remains the most complex subject. This complexity specifically concerns the human capacity for transformation and adaptation as AI begins to self-improve at a speed that surpasses human intelligence, altering society with such intensity that threatens to outpace human adaptivity. To successfully navigate the technological singularity, humans require a combination of both diversity — the presence of varied, sometimes unique, and occasionally socially unrecognized qualities inherent to specific individuals — and resilience — the adaptive properties tailored to particular historical and sociocultural circumstances, characteristic of both the individual and society. However, for human development as a species and bearer of sociocultural attributes, a delicate balance is required between diversity and resilience, variability and certainty, and stabilization and development, tailored to specific historical circumstances. The study demonstrates that in the era of the singularity and AI development, the traditional cultural concepts of innovation and tradition become a primary source of contradictions. While innovation interrupts the sequence of events based on experience, tradition acts as the mechanism that anchors this previous experience; the tension between the two manifests in social development and is expressed in philosophical and scientific reflection on it. The author argues that the pursuit of innovation must always be anchored in the solid foundation of culture, which captures the human dimension of technological development and preserves the anthropological foundations of civilization.
Source: Observatory of Culture
Author: Anna V. Kostina
Institution: Moscow University for the Humanities
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7203938809