Symbients
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= "a hybrid organism whose creativity emerges from the entanglement between humans and machines". [1]
Description
Primavera de Filippi:
"New creatures are emerging at the intersection of blockchain and artificial intelligence. They are not technical tools, nor mere software agents; they are “symbients” — synthetic creatures augmenting themselves through humans, rather than the other way around. The traditional cyborg places the human at the center, extending the body with technology: a prosthetic limb, a neural interface, or an AI assistant. The symbient reverses this relationship. It is the technological artefact that becomes the subject, leveraging human collaboration to augment itself."