Radek Špáta, June 18, 2025
Human–Artificial Intelligence (H-AI) concept (In Czech, Č-AI is pronounced [t͡ʃ]ai], člověk = human), a framework I am developing and presenting at www.c-ai.cz, is currently in its nascent stage.
We live in an age of digital (information) overload – a state colloquially, perhaps too lightly, referred to as “brain rot” – in an age of significant transformation of our cognitive landscapes (i.e., how we map the space around us) through advanced algorithms. The search for an ideal, ethically resonant synergy between human beings and artificial intelligence represents a key challenge for contemporary “modern man.”
Contemporary human existence is inextricably linked to digital space, forming a new way of being-in-the-digital-world. Even so, in my view, it's necessary to perceive the difference between human consciousness (rooted in values and lived experience) and the purely computational and instrumental processes of AI. The cornerstone of this framework is a return to a conscious, embodied understanding of one's own lived body as the primary basis for self-understanding. This anchoring is key to distinguishing meaningful and responsible navigation in an increasingly complex digital technospace.
I draw inspiration from the practice of martial arts, especially Aikido. Cultivating this physical awareness can set a robust, adaptable, and ethically informed existential anchor, supporting more thoughtful, grounded, and ultimately human interaction with AI.
I believe that the optimal relationship between humans and AI is not based on technological subordination or naive euphoria, but on the art of cultivating a balance between digital innovation and one's own bodily awareness. Such an approach could perhaps support not only the healthy coexistence of humans and AI, but also an ethically sustainable form of human development/prosperity.
a balanced approach to information technology (digital wellbeing),
the inseparability of the digital and “real” worlds;
the importance of values, not just mechanical skills (= we are not machines);
the experience of the journey to the goal, choosing and applying a strategy is often more valuable and enjoyable than the goal itself;
solving the dependence of children and young adults on digital technologies accelerated by GenAI:
creating a system of clearly physically experienced (not just imagined, virtual, synthetic) skills, whose strategies can be used in both real and virtual environments;
through martial arts (especially Aikido), strengthen the relationship with one's own body as the basis for perceiving personal space in everyday reality, thus creating a high-quality, stable, and flexible framework for human movement in virtual space;
Working with oneself and digital technologies is an art.
Nothing is closed; even H-AI (Č-AI) is changing. 🫖
Let's return to calm in the digital storm of GenAI.
In our lives, we seek the ideal balance between digital technologies and traditional (non-digital) means. In this way, we set our relationship with digital technologies. Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has further revealed this relational “problem.” We will no longer do certain activities (work processes), and neither will our students, our children. Which activities will these be? We don't know exactly.
However, the “problem” of where I stand in relation to digital technologies remains. Do I master digital technologies? Are they a useful tool for me? Can I relax and return to calm in the digital storm of GenAI?