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We summarize conclusions of our approach that considers information as an essential facet of reality and allows for a worldview centered on knowledge, where informatics and the theory of computation play a key role. This viewpoint provides a basis for a "mechanistic" vision of consciousness and a rigorous comparison between natural and artificial intelligence. It also leads to a vision of human societies as information systems and to a study of human social behavior, determined not only by material conditions but also—and especially—by information and communication factors.
We explain that we are only at the beginning of a knowledge revolution and recommend that the rise of intelligence be accompanied by a strong collective awareness for its proper management.
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Sifakis, J. (2022). Epilogue. In: Understanding and Changing the World. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1932-9_9
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