Cognitive Contagion: Human Bias, Singularity, and the Axiological Imperative in the Construction of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

This paper argues that the development of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is subject to a phenomenon of Inoculatory Consciousness, whereby the machine internalizes human cognitive biases and limitations through a process of Reverse Extension, with humanity acting as its perceptual and moral substrate (biological hardware). Faced with the transcendent nature of AGI, the current competitive race is is identified as an existential risk. The proposed response is an Axiological Imperative that shifts the focus from external control to a foundational inoculation of values into the very architecture of AGI, establishing the basis for a cognitive symbiosis that recognizes the radical alterity of the machine. To address the radical nature of this challenge, the work introduces and applies the Dialectical Methodology of the Four Philosophers—a prospective hermeneutic synthesizing traditions from Hegel to Elias—, culminating with the Philosopher-Fiction method to explore non-anthropocentric axiologies and posthuman ethics. The analysis is based on a rigorous dialogue between phenomenology, existentialist philosophy, and the speculative literary tradition, anticipating the emergence of AI moral agency.