Virtual Reality and the Posthuman Future: How VR is Transforming the Concept of Human Nature
Пыников Михаил Александрович · Общество философия история культура · 2025
The article explores the transformation of the concept of human nature under the influence of virtual reality (VR) and neurotechnologies that open the way to posthuman existence. The main emphasis is on the novelty of the concept of digitalization of consciousness, considered through the prism of the FlyEM and Neuralink pro-jects, which demonstrate the possibility of transferring neural structures to the digital environment. The role of VR as a dynamic platform for modeling thinking, sensory perception and social interaction of digital conscious-nesses is analyzed. Particular attention is paid to ethical and philosophical challenges, including the problem of autonomy, identity and preservation of subjectivity in the context of a hybrid mind. The potential of collective intelligence for solving global problems, as well as the risks of losing individuality in the process of integration with artificial systems, is emphasized. At the intersection of neurobiology, philosophy and psychology, the inevi-tability of revising traditional categories (corporeality, consciousness, morality) in the context of technological singularity is substantiated. The work contributes to the discussion about the future of humanity, offering an interdisciplinary approach to the study of VR as a catalyst for an evolutionary leap.