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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Is This the End of Biological Humanity? 

Abdurrazak Gültekin1
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1 Bingöl Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Felsefe Bölümü 12000, Bingöl, Türkiye
BIJP 2024, 14(4), 1057–1078; https://doi.org/10.29228/beytulhikme.79476
Received: 24 November 2024 | Published online: 29 December 2024
© 2024 by the Authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract

Transhumanism represents the quest of humans to transcend their biological limitations and continue their own evolution by taking advantage of technological developments. This idea believes that the development of artificial intelligence (AI) will play a central role in the future of humans. From this perspective, this article examines the question of whether the transhumanist perception that emerged under the influence of AI will bring about the end of biological humanity. The increasing capabilities of AI have brought about a radical questioning of what human selfhood and identity mean. AI has the potential to surpass the decision-making, learning and problem-solving capacities known as human metacognitive processes. In this context, transhumanist thought is seen as the next evolutionary step of humanity for humanity. However, there is a growing belief that this evolutionary leap also brings with it the risk of the disappearance of biological humans. This article examines this process from two fundamental perspectives: First, the rise of technological entities that can replace the physical existence of biological humans; and second, the situation where human consciousness becomes independent of biological beings through the transfer of human consciousness to digital environments.

Keywords
Transhumanism
biological life
posthumanism
evolution
artificial ıntelligence.
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