"Unconditional Basic Meaning as Digital Public Good"

Authors

  • Jeffrey Arle Boston Medical Center

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70777/si.v2i4.17209

Keywords:

ikigai, meaning of life, agi risks, artificial general intelligence, singularity

Abstract

Ziesche and Yampolskiy begin by pointing out the ‘hiding in plain sight’ prediction that AI’s advancement will likely ‘hollow out’ our Ikigai (meaning or purpose for living) by replacing the menial tasks and moderately engaging jobs and physical processes with which humans currently fill their days.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Arle, Boston Medical Center

Dr. Arle is currently on staff as a neurosurgeon at Boston Medical Center. He was the Associate Chief of Neurosurgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, the Chief of Neurosurgery at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, and an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School for 10 years and Director of Research in Neurosurgery at Lahey Clinic and an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Tufts University for 13 years previously. He received his BA in Biopsychology from Columbia University in 1986 and his MD and PhD from the University of Connecticut in 1992. His dissertation work for his doctorate in Biomedical Sciences was in computational neurosciences. He then went on to do a residency in neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania, incorporating a double fellowship in movement disorder surgery and epilepsy surgery at NYU under Drs. Patrick Kelly, Ron Alterman, and Werner Doyle, finishing in 1999.

He edited the companion text Essential Neuromodulation with Dr. Jay Shils, the first edition published by Elsevier in 2011 and the second edition in 2021. He also co-edited the textbook Innovative Neuromodulation (Elsevier, 2014) and wrote The Neuromodulation Casebook (Elsevier, 2017). He has now practiced in the field of functional neurosurgery for over 25 years and is experienced in all areas of neuromodulation from deep brain stimulators to vagus nerve, spinal cord, peripheral nerve, and motor cortex stimulators, contributing over 100 peer-reviewed publications and chapters to the literature on many aspects of the neuromodulation field. He has served as an associate editor or Section Editor at the journals Neuromodulation and Neurosurgery, a reviewer for several other journals, co-chair of the Research and Scientific Policy Committee for the International Neuromodulation Society (INS), and for 8 years on the Board of Directors for the International Society for Intraoperative Neurophysiology (ISIN).

His longstanding research interests are in the area of computational modeling in the understanding and improved design of devices used in neuromodulation treatments. He also retired in 2009 after 15 years in the Army Reserves as a Lt. Colonel, climbed 5 of the 7 continental summits and many high passes and lower peaks around the world, raced on the Nurburgring, dogsledded in the Arctic, and has been an avid sailor in the New England area for over 20 years.

References

Ziesche, S., & Yampolskiy, R. V. (2026). Unconditional Basic Meaning as Digital Public Good. SuperIntelligence - Robotics - Safety & Alignment, 2(4). https://doi.org/10.70777/si.v2i4.16427

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Published

2026-01-22

How to Cite

Arle, J. (2026). "Unconditional Basic Meaning as Digital Public Good". SuperIntelligence - Robotics - Safety & Alignment, 2(4). https://doi.org/10.70777/si.v2i4.17209

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 4 (2025): AGI Benchmarks-Safety-Limitations

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Copyright (c) 2026 Jeffrey Arle

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