Brain-Machine Interface: New Challenge for Humanity

Nemanja Nikolić; Ljubiša Bojić; Lana Tucaković

doi:10.2298/FID2202283N

Authors

Nemanja Nikolić Academy of Professional Studies, Unit for the Education of Preschool and Nursery Teachers, Šabac
Ljubiša Bojić University of Belgrade, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory
Lana Tucaković Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, Laboratory for Research of Individual Differences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2298/FID2202283N

Keywords:

brain-machine interface, consensual telepathy, subjectivity, human-machine symbiosis, symbolic mediation, singularity

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to clarify specific aspects of the impact of the brain-machine interface on our understanding of subjectivity. The brain-machine interface is presented as a phase of cyborgization of humans. Some projects in the field of brain-machine interface are aimed at enabling consensual telepathy – communication without symbolic mediation. Consensual telepathy refers to one of potential ways of transmission of information within singularity. Therefore, consensual telepathy is an important aspect of singularity. Singularity or human-machine symbiosis shows some similarities with child-mother unity. Therefore, the psychodynamic perspective might be considered useful in thinking about human-machine symbiosis. Knowledge from developmental psychodynamic psychology combined with insights by Slavoj Žižek and Jean Baudrillard provides an additional perspective looking at human-machine symbiosis. The paper claims that if consensual telepathy becomes another way of communication, it will have the potential to annihilate subjectivity making it schizophrenic. At the same time, we look at the possibility of an escape from our inner world through the prism of addictions.

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