The Ontological Transition of Humanity: Human-AI Co-Evolution in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

This essay moves beyond treating artificial intelligence merely as an epistemic tool for technological augmentation and instead interrogates it as an ontological event capable of redefining the boundaries of human existence itself. Rather than operating under the Cartesian duality of competition or replacement, it examines the relationship between humanity and intelligence through the lens of mutual penetration and co-evolution. By drawing a theoretical parallel to R.H. Coase’s foundational inquiry into institutional boundaries and Newton’s inquiry into gravitational limits, this paper posits that the ubiquitous democratization of intelligence dissolves traditional cognitive frictions. Consequently, it demands a radical shift from a substance-based ontology (Being) to a relational, network-driven ontology (Becoming). Finally, it establishes a vital bridge to the On-Site Adaptive Innovation (OAI) framework, positioning the modern enterprise as an Adaptive Integrator navigating this new cyber-physical reality.