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arXiv:2603.09486 (cs)
[Submitted on 10 Mar 2026]
Title:Vibe-Creation: The Epistemology of Human-AI Emergent Cognition
Authors:Ilya Levin
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Abstract:The encounter between human reasoning and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) cannot be adequately described by inherited metaphors of tool use, augmentation, or collaborative partnership. This article argues that such interactions produce a qualitatively distinct cognitive-epistemic formation, designated here as the Third Entity: an emergent, transient structure that arises from the transductive coupling of two ontologically incommensurable modes of cognition. Drawing on Peirce semiotics, Polanyi theory of tacit knowledge, Simondon philosophy of individuation, Ihde postphenomenology, and Morin complexity theory, we develop a multi-layered theoretical account of this formation. We introduce the concept of vibe-creation to designate the pre-reflective cognitive mode through which the Third Entity navigates high-dimensional semantic space and argue that this mode constitutes the automation of tacit knowledge - a development with far-reaching consequences for epistemology, the philosophy of mind, and educational theory. We further propose the notion of asymmetric emergence to characterize the agency of the Third Entity: genuinely novel and irreducible, yet anchored in human intentional responsibility. The article concludes by examining the implications of this theoretical framework for the transformation of educational institutions and the redefinition of intellectual competence in the age of GenAI.
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| Subjects: | Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) |
| MSC classes: | 68T01, 68T50 |
| ACM classes: | I.2.0; I.2.7; H.1.2 |
| Cite as: | arXiv:2603.09486 [cs.AI] |
| (or arXiv:2603.09486v1 [cs.AI] for this version) | |
| https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2603.09486
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