The Artificial Intellingence and the reification of the world

Abstract

This issue reflects the reach of Artificio magazine, from which various reflections arise. It is impossible to ignore the idea that the artificial world we have built to improve human quality of life has alienated us from our own naturalness, even leading us to mistakenly believe that our world and that of nature are disconnected. For this reason, an emerging trend can be identified—one that seeks to reconnect us with our natural side and understand that what affects the environment ultimately also affects human beings as a species. This artificial world, or anthropic realm, is an infinite universe, an inexhaustible field of study that demands approaches from different disciplines, whether directed at the micro—such as the study of the materials with which we transform our surroundings—or the macro, such as the impact of entire cities on regional ecosystems. Furthermore, with the popularization of artificial intelligence and the proliferation of its use, the artificial world has expanded into territories yet to be explored; there is now an artificial-digital world, parallel to the analog one, that also requires our attention.