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<p>In Sect.&#xa0;1, we describe a forthcoming technological revolution (the advent of 6G wireless technology). We then look at the increasingly close ties between the development of this type of technology and the emerging new field of embodied artificial intelligence (EAI). After quickly surveying (Sect.&#xa0;2) recent advancements in EAI we focus (Sect.&#xa0;3) on how the close integration between 6G technologies and EAI research might reshape the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and on what benefits and dangers in may pose for our societies. Specifically, we analyze (Sect.&#xa0;4) important philosophical ramifications related to this new, much promised, holistic and hyperconnected experience, in various domains. While we draw our readers’ attention to the potentially unexpected or unwanted nefarious consequences related to the implementation of this combined technology (6G + EAI), we also see in it a path for human flourishing. We connect this research (Sect.&#xa0;5) with works on the extended mind thesis (EMT) in the cognitive sciences and argue that the future of our species will likely be one in which we will see increasingly holistic reliance on bio-artificial unions, thereby confirming EMT seminal intuition. We reflect on the risks and benefits underlying this scenario and claim that EMT could be used to guide the positive realization of the revolution underlying the development of 6G-EAI ecosystems. We conclude (Sect.&#xa0;6), by summarizing what we have achieved and by pointing out future research directions.</p>

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6G and Embodied AI: Benefits and Risks of Increasingly Extended Minds

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    2026年3月6日

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  • Mirko Farina,
  • Andrea Lavazza

摘要

In Sect. 1, we describe a forthcoming technological revolution (the advent of 6G wireless technology). We then look at the increasingly close ties between the development of this type of technology and the emerging new field of embodied artificial intelligence (EAI). After quickly surveying (Sect. 2) recent advancements in EAI we focus (Sect. 3) on how the close integration between 6G technologies and EAI research might reshape the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and on what benefits and dangers in may pose for our societies. Specifically, we analyze (Sect. 4) important philosophical ramifications related to this new, much promised, holistic and hyperconnected experience, in various domains. While we draw our readers’ attention to the potentially unexpected or unwanted nefarious consequences related to the implementation of this combined technology (6G + EAI), we also see in it a path for human flourishing. We connect this research (Sect. 5) with works on the extended mind thesis (EMT) in the cognitive sciences and argue that the future of our species will likely be one in which we will see increasingly holistic reliance on bio-artificial unions, thereby confirming EMT seminal intuition. We reflect on the risks and benefits underlying this scenario and claim that EMT could be used to guide the positive realization of the revolution underlying the development of 6G-EAI ecosystems. We conclude (Sect. 6), by summarizing what we have achieved and by pointing out future research directions.