Human-machine hybridization

Human-centered AI; AI Ethics & Fairness

noun phrase

Definition: The integration or coupling of human and machine capacities into a combined functional system, often emphasizing augmentation, co-adaptation, embodiment, or shared agency. In recent scholarship, the term is used in discussions of cognitive prosthetics, augmentation, and technologically mediated subjectivity [Paolucci 2025].

Example in context: “Keywords: generative artificial intelligence; semiotics of enunciation; subjectivity and meaning; cognitive prosthetics; human-machine hybridization.” [Paolucci 2025]

Related terms: human-machine integration; human augmentation; cognitive prosthetics; shared agency