Artificial intelligence, collective intelligence, and human experience: A socio-economic and ontological analysis

Tommaso Muciaccia; Lucio Macchia

Journal of Interdisciplinary Research in Artificial Intelligence and Society

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2025, 1(1), Article No: 2

Artificial intelligence, collective intelligence, and human experience: A socio-economic and ontological analysis

Tommaso Muciaccia ¹ ^* , Lucio Macchia ¹

¹ Independent Researchers, ITALY
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Published in Volume 1 Issue 1: 21 Dec 2025

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to outline an overall structure of the interrelations between artificial intelligence and human dimension, both at the macroscopic level (society, economic-productive systems) and at the individual level (human subjectivity, language, experience), with a multidisciplinary and third-culture methodology, aiming to propose a reference framework that encourages further analysis and reflection. Specifically, the relationships between artificial intelligence (AI), collective intelligence (CI), and human experience (HE) are conceptualized, and different evolutionary scenarios are designed on the basis of the interdependencies and their intensity. At the socio-economic level, the relationship between AI and CI can be investigated by analyzing the relationships between these two concepts and two other concepts that underpin the functioning of current societies, namely democracy and capitalism. Similarly, at the ontological level, the relationship between AI and HE can be analyzed by examining how the latter relates to fundamental concepts such as language and the codification of reality.

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artificial intelligence, language, capitalism, collective intelligence, subjectivity

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