"Don't subscribe to the hype." I think the fact that internet guides people behavior on a massive scale is a clear indication that machine/human hybrid cogniti

"Don't subscribe to the hype." I think the fact that internet guides people behavior on a massive scale is a clear indication that machine/human hybrid cognition is not a hype, it's a thing and it's starting just now. What makes one go to the fridge? A sense of hunger. What makes one go to the Facebook? A different yearning. Before, people have controlled machines, and they have not induced addiction. Now machines can induce a wide range of emotions. This is the first step - the channel is open. On the other hand, when will there be more than random noise and clever hacks at the machine end - I don't know. Only that we are combined as a species on a cognitive level already by the internet. One could say that the combination began when writing and money was invented - one coordinating thought, the other labour. Machines have made this suprapersonal interaction much faster, and much powerfull. It would be silly to say it's just a fad. It's not a Skynet scenario, it's not the matrix. But - people are affected, and algorithms are getting more clever. I'm not saying we are going to have an AI overlord. But I am saying the interconnectedness, the algorithms and the addictive quality of interaction is leading us definetly into a new territory.