TOWARDS A POST-HUMAN SOCIETY? DISCERNING ELEMENTS

Abstract

The modern project of technical transformation of nature now ex­tends to the human person. To understand what is at stake, we must return to the mechanical model at the foundation of modern cosmovision. This model is extended to the mind as shown by the example of artificial intelligence. Is the machine designed in the image of the human being, or is it the other way around? Thus, it is necessary to think about the notion of image, since the human person is created “in the image of God”, in order to make the relational dimension of the human being appear. The thought of Teilhard de Chardin, who invented the notion of the “ultra-human” can help with discernment. The technical transformation of the human being must be at the service of greater communion among people.