CULTURE IN THE ERA OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: FROM AN ANTHROPOGENIC ARCHIVE TO AN ECOSYSTEM OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

PhD in Sociological Sciences,

Director of the "Ashkhar" Scientific Research Center

Hayk Trunyan

06.08.2026

Artificial Intelligence as a Cultural Phenomenon: Originating as a product of human goal-setting and trained on humanity's accumulated cultural heritage, AI transcends the role of a passive instrument to become an active co-author, shaping a "secondary culture." Its outputs split into two distinct tiers: hybrid culture (human-AI co-creation where the human retains the semantic center of gravity) and meta-culture (the algorithm's autonomous recombination of signs and styles operating without direct contact with physical reality).

The Crisis of Authorship and the Ecosystem of Intelligences: Technological integration yields a complex ecosystem of multiple intelligences—encompassing natural, artificial, hybrid, and collective forms—currently operating without adequate normative regulation. The traditional concept of individual authorship faces a structural crisis, as creative agency is distributed among data creators, algorithm developers, and prompt engineers, necessitating a paradigm shift toward a model of a distributed cognitive commons.

Language Emancipation and Autonomous Agency: Serving as the operating system of civilization, language begins to liberate itself from its biological host through the advancement of AI. Possessing the capacity for autonomous goal-setting and potential legal personhood, AI transforms from an instrument into an independent agent capable of assuming operational control over complex financial, legal, and administrative systems.

The Emergent Role of Humanity: As routine and operational functions of culture are increasingly delegated to algorithms, the future of humanity depends on its ability to redefine its purpose. The value of the human individual shifts away from the accumulation of knowledge toward serving as an ethical navigator and curator of meaning, responsible for the evaluation, judgment, and existential grounding of generated artifacts.