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Back in October we hosted an amazing K-Lab where we got together and covered a wide-range of topics ranging from the noosphere to the collaborative process.
Returning Participants & Dropping-in to Deeper Discussion:
There were people tuning in from South America, North America, Africa and Europe! In addition to each of our participants bringing forward their unique perspective—we had several people who have attended one or more K-Labs previously.
This consistency made for a specifically interesting conversation because it meant that certain themes were carried through from past sessions into the present one. We’re now going further in depth with topics that come up more than once—topics like cognitive sovereignty, free will and entropy.
New Forms of Learning & the Noosphere:
As humans evolve, the noosphere—our collective intelligence—evolves alongside us. And as we become more technologically sophisticated, it’s inevitable that our methods for communicating ideas do so as well.
In 1440, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, and it was this technology that forever changed the way we learn and express ourselves. Since then, we’ve seen technological developments snowball into the rapid expansion of complex technology.
How does this affect the noosphere?
Our individual thought processes and forms of communication don’t exist in a vacuum. Our collective human cognition—the noosphere—is an intricate web of inter-connected ideas that is shared between all of human-kind. Much like how the biosphere that surrounds our planet holds our physical reality, the noosphere holds space for our ideas and methods of learning.
In our modern day and age, it feels as though this web is more complex than it’s ever been. Sophisticated technology increasing at exponential intervals leaves us in completely uncharted territory. The snowball is the biggest and the fastest that it’s ever been.
So, what does it mean now that we can now task a digital assistant to perform both daily tasks and complex calculations instead of doing them ourselves?
I’m not entirely sure, but do I think that it’s important that we imbue intention and thoughtfulness into the systems of thinking that architect our reality. This applies both to large language models and to the noosphere at large.
I’m really grateful to have explored this topic in October’s K-Lab because these weren’t topics that were on my mind beforehand. Now, two months later—I’m still thinking about our collective systems of understanding the world and how we share that knowledge with others.
I’m very excited to continue mulling this over at the next K-Lab this December 17th.
What’s a K-Lab?
For those of you who aren't familiar, a K-Lab is a multi-modality group conversation. Written words, thought bubbles and spoken thoughts all factor in to the engaging and intuitive process of collaborative ideation.
Our process empowers team-members to express themselves via multiple mediums, allowing for more opportunity for each person to contribute to the conversation.
Additionally, our AI integration allows for the chatbot of your choice to generate a comprehensive summary and what was discussed, allowing for your group's good ideas to be captured and displayed in a way that is easy to reference later on.
Want to learn more or register for our next K-Lab this December 17th? Click here for more info.
Hope to see you soon!
Until then,
The team at A-I-A