Modes Of Knowledge Research Articles

'The MRI-scan says it is completely normal': Reassurance attempts in clinical encounters among patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

In clinical guidelines for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain, reassurance is a key element. The purpose of reassuring patients is to change their views on their illness and, thereby, their actions. However, when symptoms persist without pathological findings, reassurance can be difficult to achieve. Drawing on observations of nineteen naturally occurring hospital consultations with chronic musculoskeletal pain patients, followed by individual interviews with both patients and clinicians, we study how they interact in relation to reassurance. Our main aim is to explore the ways in which clinicians explicitly attempt to provide reassurance, and how patients receive these attempts, before reflecting on facilitating and hindering factors for successful reassurance in relation to the sociocultural context in which their interaction takes place. Through a thematic analysis, four dominating elements of explicit reassurance were identified: (1) education through visualisation, (2) validation through technological findings, (3) validation through physical examination and (4) normalising pain. To gain a deeper understanding of the reassurance process, we then narratively explored dialogical extracts containing these elements. The analysis shows a potential lack of congruence between what patients experience, and the biomedical knowledge clinicians rely on. Despite employing a combination of affective and cognitive modes of reassurance, clinicians tend to build their final conclusions not on patients experiences but on biomedical knowledge, which is knowledge that holds epistemic primacy for themselves. In that sense, their efforts to reassure the patients might also be a way in which they seek to reassure themselves.

Dealing with special supervisors: a typology of coping strategies toward accountability to customers in gig work

Numerous studies have explored the situations of gig workers in the ‘new’ gig economy. While the existing literature focuses on intermediary platforms’ algorithmic control over workers, this paper emphasizes the interpersonal and negotiable aspects of gig worker-customer interactions through an accountability perspective. We posit that algorithmic control and accountability to customers constitute two coordination mechanisms for platform HRM. The latter has gained significance as intermediary platforms adopt algorithmic management and empower customers as visible supervisors. Algorithm-mediated customer control assigns customers direct influence, thereby positioning them as prominent accountability sources and compelling gig workers to meet their expectations. Nevertheless, how gig workers navigate their behaviors under these conditions remains unknown. This study employs a typological approach to explore gig workers’ coping strategies in response to accountabilities, providing micro-level insights into the functionality and dysfunctionality of HRM with gig platforms. Drawing from a qualitative study in the Chinese online delivery industry, we integrate metaphors from cognitive research (i.e. intuitive psychologists and intuitive economists) with the metaphor derived from accountability theory (i.e. intuitive politicians) to develop a fourfold typology grounded in two dimensions (i.e. cognitive modes and economic motives). Our findings reveal both the inevitability and possibility of accountability to customers, identifying four coping strategies (i.e. obedient, ingratiatory, defensive, and cooperative behaviors). This paper offers novel insights into the fields of accountability and HRM research, along with practical implications.

The Positive Impact of Music Education on the Attention of Children with ADHD

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent developmental disorder that typically manifests in childhood, which is characterized by difficulties in attention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. Therefore, children with ADHD have no difficulties in understanding knowledge, but due to their hyperactivity, they face significant obstacles in acquiring it. The specific manifestations of ADHD in children include hyperactivity, lack of attention, and overly active thoughts, which prevent them from focusing and learning for extended periods. This study explores the improvement of ADHD children's condition through music education, which has significant practical implications for promoting their learning abilities and cognitive methods. By collecting and analyzing previous researches, this paper summarizes the positive impact of music education on children with ADHD. This paper shows that music can improve mental and emotional states, alter children's moods, regulate thinking patterns, and enrich the brain's cognitive modes. Personalized music education proves to be effective and practical in reducing stress during learning and in crisis intervention.

Prevalent personality traits in psychology students: a decade of study. Analysis of associated transversal professional skills

Introduction: The knowledge of personality in university students and the professional skills necessary for adequate development and performance in professional settings are essential to implement more effective academic interventions that enhance successful professionals.Objective: Analyze prevalent personality traits according to: Motivational goals, Cognitive modes and Interpersonal behaviors corresponding to ten cohorts of psychology students (2010-2020).Method: longitudinal trend design, with descriptive-correlational scope. We worked with two intentional, non-probabilistic samples, psychology students: MI 2010-2020: 945 students, MII 2020: 48 students. Instruments: Million Inventory of Personality Styles (MIPS) and Questionnaire for the Evaluation of Transversal Competencies in University Students.Results: A personality profile was observed with the sustained presence of the traits of Modification, Communicativeness and Control, and absence of Accommodation. In the Professional Competencies, very high frequencies of Interest in Quality, Work Responsibility and Teamwork are evident; and very low frequencies of Social Responsibility. The Modification and Control traits are those that present associations with Transversal Professional Competencies.Conclusions: The profile that characterizes a cohort of psychology students during 10 years of study has been communicativeness and control in the interpersonal, the active and energetic attitude (modification) in the motivational, and the sustained absence of passivity and accommodation. Relationships were found with transversal professional competencies. The implication of the results is discussed

On the Actuality of Integrative Intellect-Mystical Asceticism as Self-Realization in View of Nicolaus de Cusa, Ibn Sīnā, and Others

I argue for a transformative revival or actualization of the very core of an integrative, methodologically secured form of intellect-mystical asceticism. This approach draws on traditional sources that are re-examined from a systematic—synthetic and transcultural—philosophical perspective and in light of the multi-civilizational global environment of the 21st century. The main traditional points of reference in this paper are provided by Nicolaus de Cusa and Ibn Sīnā, and I refer to a few others, such as Attar of Nishapur, in passing. In the beginning, I develop a basic concept of intellect-mystical asceticism. It is distinguished from mystification, science, scientism, and modes of everyday communication and cognition. After that, I make the case for an updated, transcultural approach to intellect-mysticism that can foster the internal (social) and external (environmental) reintegration of the human noosphere and technosphere in future planetary development. In this context, a modern intellect-mystical philosophical notion of “knowing non-knowing” (wissendes Nichtwissen, docta ignorantia) is developed. It is inspired by Nicolaus de Cusa and contextualized from a systematic transcultural angle at the same time. Finally, I discuss the problem of the practical, or rather, ascetic realization of the related possibilities of intellect-mystical self-enfolding. Here, the preceding steps of the reflection are mapped onto an outline regarding distinct developmental stages of such a transformative intellect-mystical practice in Ibn Sīnā’s Remarks and Admonitions (al-Ishārāt wat-Tanbīhāt).

Brainwaves in the Cloud: Cognitive Workload Monitoring Using Deep Gated Neural Network and Industrial Internet of Things

Monitoring and classifying cognitive workload in real time is vital for optimizing human–machine interactions and enhancing performance while ensuring safety, particularly in industrial scenarios. Considering this significance, the authors aim to formulate a cognitive workload monitoring system (CWMS) by leveraging the deep gated neural network (DGNN), a hybrid model integrating bi-directional long short-term memory (Bi-LSTM) and gated recurrent unit (GRU) networks. In our experimental setup, each of the four virtual users is equipped with a Raspberry Pi Zero W module to ensure efficient data transmission, thereby enhancing the reliability and efficacy of the monitoring process. This seamless monitoring framework utilizes the constrained application protocol (CoAP) and the Things Board platform to evaluate cognitive workload in real time. The most popular EEG benchmark dataset, the STEW is utilized for workload classification in this study. We employ the short-time Fourier transformation (STFT) to extract frequency bands corresponding to users in both high and low cognitive workload modes. The proposed DGNN models achieve a perfect accuracy of 99.45%, outperforming every previous state-of-the-art model. We meticulously monitored critical parameters, including latency, classification processing time, and cognitive workload levels. This research demonstrates the importance of continuous monitoring for increasing productivity and safety in industries by introducing a novel method of real-time cognitive workload monitoring. The implementation codes for each experiment are documented and made available for reproducibility.

What Quality Talk in a Reading Circle Does for Interthinking

ABSTRACT In the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) classroom, speaking is a relatively marginalised learning activity, often employed merely to facilitate transition between activities which prioritise communication skills deemed more important. A significant consequence of this privation is limited practice in situated discourse. This paper presents a theorised account of an instance of situated discourse: Quality Talk in a reading circle within an EAP classroom. With reference to a single dialogic spell unfolding around a specific issue, I examine participants’ verbal transactions and the ways in which these enhance high-level comprehension of text. Overall, this account seeks to highlight the efficacy and affordances of situated discourse as a social mode of cognition in EAP instruction.

Investigation of the Effectiveness of Prostate Biopsy Density in Predicting Prostate Cancer Under Cognitive and Systematic Biopsy in Multi-Parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (mpMRI).

To explore the effectiveness of prostate biopsy density in predicting prostate cancer under cognitive and systematic biopsy mode in multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI). A retrospective analysis was conducted on clinical data of 204 patients who were suspected of having prostate cancer with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels less than 50 ng mL-1 and underwent cognitive and systematic biopsy through the perineal approach in our hospital from 2022 to 2023. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate the odds ratios of prostate biopsy density and relevant clinical indicators. Logistic regression analysis was performed to establish a predictive model combining indicators with predictive value. The predictive value of each indicator and the new model was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and the area under the curve (AUC). The detection rate of prostate cancer in the study population was 32.35%. Multivariate analysis showed that age, PSAD, PI-RADS 2.1 score, and prostate biopsy density were independent predictors of prostate cancer. The ROC curve analysis revealed an AUC of 0.707 (95% CI 0.625-0.790) for biopsy density, with a cutoff value of approximately 0.22 needle mL-1. The best predictive model consisted of age, PSAD, PI-RADS 2.1 score, and biopsy density, with an AUC of 0.857. Biopsy density is associated with the detection of prostate cancer, with a critical value of 0.22 needle mL-1. Combining biopsy density with other clinical indicators can significantly improve the ability to predict prostate cancer and avoid unnecessary prostate biopsy cores.

To look for another thing, and in another way: revitalising criticality with multimodal methodologies

ABSTRACT This article proposes multimodal methodologies as a path to revitalising criticality in CTS. It begins by assessing the strengths of existing scholarship on “terrorism”, whilst also noting this scholarship’s overwhelmingly linguistic source materials. It considers shortcomings of such a monomodal methodology: including the reproduction of binary conceptual codes, which I argue are uniquely highly codified in linguistic sources; and an imbalance towards structured logics, rather than unstructured affects, in CTS’ conception of terrorism discourses. The article suggests greater diversity of source materials can resolve these shortcomings: deepening our critical project by heightening our sensitivity to transformative, non-binary ways of knowing; and reorienting our analyses from logical to affectual modes of cognition. I demonstrate these possibilities with a review of multimodal materials from Northern Ireland’s so-called “peace walls” (built by state security to contain violence of the “Troubles”). I end with reflections on why CTS might have operationalised a predominantly textual methodology to date – and, further, with a call for readers to integrate multimodality in disseminating our research, as much as selecting our source materials.

Propagating cortical waves coordinate sensory encoding and memory retrieval in the human brain.

Complex behavior entails a balance between taking in sensory information from the environment and utilizing previously learned internal information. Experiments in behaving mice have demonstrated that the brain continually alternates between outward and inward modes of cognition, switching its mode of operation every few seconds. Further, each state transition is marked by a stereotyped cascade of neuronal spiking that pervades most forebrain structures. Here we analyzed large fMRI datasets to demonstrate that a similar switching mechanism governs the operation of the human brain. We found that human brain activity was punctuated every several seconds by coherent, propagating waves emerging in the exteroceptive sensorimotor regions and terminating in the interoceptive default mode network. As in the mouse, the issuance of such events coincided with fluctuations in pupil size, indicating a tight relationship with arousal fluctuations, and this phenomenon occurred across behavioral states. Strikingly, concurrent measurement of human performance in a visual memory task indicated that each cycle of propagating fMRI waves sequentially promoted the encoding of semantic information and self-directed retrieval of memories. Together, these findings indicate that human cognitive performance is governed by autonomous switching between exteroceptive and interoceptive states. This apparently conserved feature of mammalian brain physiology bears directly on the integration of sensory and mnemonic information during everyday behavior.

Evaluating Cybersecurity Class Activities Based on the Cognitive Continuum Theory: An Exploratory Case Study

With the cybersecurity workforce estimated to have grown to 5.5 million in 2023 but still facing a significant shortage, there is an urgent need for educational strategies that can effectively enhance decision-making skills in this domain. This paper explores the application of Hammond's Cognitive Continuum Theory (CCT) in the context of K-12 cybersecurity education, aiming to address the global cybersecurity workforce shortage and skills gap by preparing the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. This study adopts a case-study methodology to investigate the use of CCT in a high school "Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking" class, analysing 104 tasks across six class activities to determine how different cognitive modes (Analytical Cognition, Quasi-Rational Cognition, and Intuitive Cognition) are induced by various task characteristics from CCT’s Task Continuum Index (TCI). Analytical cognition consists of rational decision making while Intuitive Cognition represents intuitive decision making. Quasi-Rational Cognition represents a blend of these two decision making styles. Directed content analysis and thematic analysis reveal that most tasks in the case promoted Analytical Cognition, with a significant presence of tasks inducing Quasi-Rational Cognition and fewer tasks facilitating Intuitive Cognition. The findings also highlight the dominance of information retrieval and analysis, methodical approaches in information seeking, and synthesis and decision-making across the cognitive modes, pointing towards the critical role of information behaviour in cybersecurity tasks. This research provides insights into how CCT can potentially inform the design of educational activities in cybersecurity, suggesting that a balanced inclusion of tasks across the cognitive spectrum can better prepare students for the complexities of the cybersecurity field. The paper discusses the implications for cybersecurity education, emphasising the need for instructional strategies that encompass a range of cognitive modes to reflect real-world challenges and enhance decision-making capabilities in future professionals. Additionally, the findings make a connection between cybersecurity tasks and school library instruction which focuses heavily on information behaviours. Limitations and directions for future research, including expanding data collection and connecting CCT to other theoretical frameworks, are also discussed.

Temporality and translation: Thematic and non-thematic narrative

Narrative theorists broadly agree that stories are important to both being and knowing. There is less agreement, however, as to exactly how deep narrative goes. The strongest narrativists—such as David Carr and Alisdair MacIntyre—argue that story is so fundamental that human existence itself has an intrinsic narrative structure. The strongest anti-narrativists—such as Galen Strawson and Peter Lamarque—suggest that narrative is merely one way of knowing among others and enjoys no privileged ontological or epistemological status. A closely related question concerns how seemingly diverse forms of narration such as fiction, history, the small stories of daily interaction and storied (or story-like) modes of cognition relate to one another. The crux of the issue, I suggest, lies in the relationship between narrative and the human experience of time. The central argument, drawing on the existential hermeneutics of Martin Heidegger and Paul Ricœur, is that narrative and the human experience of time are non-identical but intimately connected through a continuous process of existential translation. It proceeds in four stages: (1) we should distinguish between explicit, thematic storytelling and the everyday, non-thematic experience of time; (2) narration is a type of translation which thematizes and allows some interpretive possibilities to be recognized while masking others; (3) this type of translation produces narratives which are, to some extent, object-like; (4) this allows the operation of distanciation, opening the possibility of new understanding through ‘second-order disclosure’. I suggest that this existential approach can usefully inform and expand our understanding of both narrative and translation. A synopsis of this article can be found here.

Educating through commons-based pedagogical practices

This paper explores the transformative potential of primary education pedagogy to instill the logic and ethics of the commons, emphasizing a paradigm shift away from competitive or individualistic learning frameworks towards those fostering care, reciprocity, and mutual support. Through a year-long action research project in a sixth-grade classroom, this study examines the transfer of Educational commons elements into formal schooling. It argues that such integration requires pedagogical practices that cultivate distinct cognitive and operational modes, enabling students to engage in self-organization of the school classroom and collective knowledge management. The research details the development and operationalization of what is termed as “commons-based pedagogical practices”. These practices are designed to encourage a learning environment that is inclusive and collaborative, characterized by peer learning, co-creation of knowledge, assemblies. peer dialogue and peer accountability. The study juxtaposes theoretical frameworks with practical applications, providing insights into how these pedagogical approaches can be effectively implemented to transform educational settings. The emphasis is placed on creating a classroom dynamic that supports the collective exploration and negotiation of diverse educational concepts, thereby fostering an atmosphere conducive to communal learning and ethical engagement.

Nietzsche and the Mysticism of Apotheosis

Abstract This paper argues that Friedrich Nietzsche was a mystic and that his post-Gay Science (1882) thought should be understood as an unfolding expression of his mystical experiences. Drawing on Nietzsche’s Nachlass (notes), letters, and published writings, I show that he undoubtedly had at least two major mystical experiences and that these experiences were the source of all the cardinal motifs of his later thought. The apparent tensions or paradoxes between Nietzsche’s cardinal teachings, above all that between the superman and the eternal recurrence, are resolved once they are understood as products of a mystical epistemology derived from an intuitive source of knowledge purportedly beyond the dualities intrinsic to ordinary modes of cognition. This intuitio mystica, which Nietzsche declared to be the real purpose of all philosophy, is coextensive with a type of mysticism I call apotheosis, based on the individual ego’s identification with a unity underlying all reality.

Long-lasting negativity in the left motoric brain structures during word memory inhibition in the Think/No-Think paradigm

In this study, we investigated the electrical brain responses in a high-density EEG array (64 electrodes) elicited specifically by the word memory cue in the Think/No-Think paradigm in 46 participants. In a first step, we corroborated previous findings demonstrating sustained and reduced brain electrical frontal and parietal late potentials elicited by memory cues following the No-Think (NT) instructions as compared to the Think (T) instructions. The topographical analysis revealed that such reduction was significant 1000 ms after memory cue onset and that it was long-lasting for 1000 ms. In a second step, we estimated the underlying brain generators with a distributed method (swLORETA) which does not preconceive any localization in the gray matter. This method revealed that the cognitive process related to the inhibition of memory retrieval involved classical motoric cerebral structures with the left primary motor cortex (M1, BA4), thalamus, and premotor cortex (BA6). Also, the right frontal-polar cortex was involved in the T condition which we interpreted as an indication of its role in the maintaining of a cognitive set during remembering, by the selection of one cognitive mode of processing, Think, over the other, No-Think, across extended periods of time, as it might be necessary for the successful execution of the Think/No-Think task.

Clinical value of cognitive behavioral nursing model to patients with congenital glaucoma.

There have been studies on the use of cognitive behavioral nursing intervention (CBNI) but the main subjects were patients with secondary glaucoma and there are fewer studies on the care of congenital glaucoma. To explore the clinical value of cognitive behavioral nursing model in patients with congenital glaucoma. One hundred and fifty-three postoperative patients with congenital glaucoma treated in our hospital between January 2021 and December 2022 were prospectively selected for the study and randomly divided into a control group (n= 77) and an observation group (n= 76). The control group was given routine nursing, and the observation group was given cognitive behavioral nursing mode on the basis of the control group. Anxiety self-assessment scale (SAS), depression self-assessment scale (SDS), Connor-Davidson toughness scale, and treatment adherence evaluation scale were used to evaluate the psychological state, mental toughness, treatment adherence, treatment effect and nursing care satisfaction in the two groups before and after 2 weeks of intervention. The efficacy of the treatment was also assessed by determining the visual acuity (VA), intraocular pressure (IOP), and mean defective (MD) value of the visual field of the two groups of patients. After nursing, the SDS score (46.33 ± 6.16 versus 53.21 ± 5.94) and SAS score (44.41 ± 5.6 versus 52.82 ± 6.31) in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (P< 0.05). The scores of optimism (11.55 ± 1.90 versus 8.20 ± 1.95), self-improvement (22.05 ± 3.60 versus 17.60 ± 4.30), tenacity (37.45 ± 3.10 versus 28.90 ± 4.55) and total score (71.35 ± 8.00 versus 56.85 ± 8.50) in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P< 0.05). After care, the VA of the observation group (0.95 ± 0.22) was greater than that of the control group (0.84 ± 0.16), and the IOP (14.25 ± 0.58 versus 15.89 ± 0.67) and the MD (5.42 ± 0.46 versus 6.68 ± 0.49) of the observation group were less than that of the control group. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P< 0.05). The compliance (96.05% versus 85.71%) and nursing satisfaction (96.10% versus 85.71%) of the observation group were higher than those of the control group (P< 0.05). Cognitive-behavioural nursing care for glaucoma patients can improve patients' mental toughness, improve visual acuity, reduce intraocular pressure and mean visual field defect values, and have a positive effect on enhancing patients' treatment adherence and nursing satisfaction.

Non-probabilistic reasoning in navigating entrepreneurial uncertainty: A psychology of religious faith lens

Uncertainty permeates the world of entrepreneurship. Yet, understanding how entrepreneurs perceive and make decisions in the face of uncertainty remains elusive. The value of Bayesian decision models with their probabilistic-based assumptions is only of limited help to entrepreneurs in solving the problem of uncertainty. This research extends the utility of non-probabilistic modes of entrepreneurial cognition as a supplementary epistemology for shedding light into the ‘black box’ of how entrepreneurs navigate unknowable futures. We conceptualize core insights, on how decision-makers make sense of, interpret, and act amidst life's deep uncertainties. Specifically, we introduce four decision heuristics entrepreneurs adopt—grounded in the shared foundations in broader conceptions of uncertainty from the psychology of religious faith—that help systematize why (a) intuitive insight, (b) generative doubt, (c) redemptive choice, and (d) transcendent faith, enhance our understanding of how elements of uncertainty throughout the venture development journey are often addressed. Implications for future research are discussed.

The Brain's Topographical Organization Shapes Dynamic Interaction Patterns That Support Flexible Behavior Based on Rules and Long-Term Knowledge.

Adaptive behavior relies both on specific rules that vary across situations and stable long-term knowledge gained from experience. The frontoparietal control network (FPCN) is implicated in the brain's ability to balance these different influences on action. Here, we investigate how the topographical organization of the cortex supports behavioral flexibility within the FPCN. Functional properties of this network might reflect its juxtaposition between the dorsal attention network (DAN) and the default mode network (DMN), two large-scale systems implicated in top-down attention and memory-guided cognition, respectively. Our study tests whether subnetworks of FPCN are topographically proximal to the DAN and the DMN, respectively, and how these topographical differences relate to functional differences: the proximity of each subnetwork is anticipated to play a pivotal role in generating distinct cognitive modes relevant to working memory and long-term memory. We show that FPCN subsystems share multiple anatomical and functional similarities with their neighboring systems (DAN and DMN) and that this topographical architecture supports distinct interaction patterns that give rise to different patterns of functional behavior. The FPCN acts as a unified system when long-term knowledge supports behavior but becomes segregated into discrete subsystems with different patterns of interaction when long-term memory is less relevant. In this way, our study suggests that the topographical organization of the FPCN and the connections it forms with distant regions of cortex are important influences on how this system supports flexible behavior.

Managerial decision-making: exploration strategies in dynamic environments

PurposeWe argue that a fundamental issue regarding how to search and how to switch between different cognitive modes lies in the decision rules that influence the dynamics of learning and exploration. We examine the search logics underlying these decision rules and propose conceptual prompts that can be applied mentally or computationally to aid managers’ decision-making.Design/methodology/approachBy applying Multi-Armed Bandit (MAB) modeling to simulate agents’ interaction with dynamic environments, we compared the patterns and performance of selected MAB algorithms under different configurations of environmental conditions.FindingsWe develop three conceptual prompts. First, the simple heuristic-based exploration strategy works well in conditions of low environmental variability and few alternatives. Second, an exploration strategy that combines simple and de-biasing heuristics is suitable for most dynamic and complex decision environments. Third, the uncertainty-based exploration strategy is more applicable in the condition of high environmental unpredictability as it can more effectively recognize deviated patterns.Research limitations/implicationsThis study contributes to emerging research on using algorithms to develop novel concepts and combining heuristics and algorithmic intelligence in strategic decision-making.Practical implicationsThis study offers insights that there are different possibilities for exploration strategies for managers to apply conceptually and that the adaptability of cognitive-distant search may be underestimated in turbulent environments.Originality/valueDrawing on insights from machine learning and cognitive psychology research, we demonstrate the fitness of different exploration strategies in different dynamic environmental configurations by comparing the different search logics that underlie the three MAB algorithms.

The Global Institutional Governance of AI: A Four-Dimensional Perspective

Abstract The present debate about the governance of artificial intelligence (AI) is dominated by a narrative of a “global race toward the regulation of AI.” Such a narrative bears serious dangers and should be rephrased as the “race toward the global regulation of AI” to adequately address the cross-cutting, cross-boundary, and cross-cultural nature of these technologies. If the debate about the future regulation of AI is to efficiently address the serious dangers and potentially existential risks related to AI, then it should be tied to other global governance issues, such as those summarized by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For this endeavor to be successful, the substantive questions of regulation must be combined with efforts to reform the present international system with a view to establishing a more efficient and coherent global institutional framework. It is important to be mindful of past obstacles in the reform of existing international organizations and to avoid the need for another global cataclysm to trigger institutional reform; thus, the article follows the idea that cognitive change leads to the transformation of international organizations. As both a technology aimed to replicate the human mind and an example of an important linguistic trend of a rise in essentially oxymoronic concepts, AI is deemed to provide the right point of departure to ponder future modes of human cognition – modes that reflect Einstein’s description of a world as a “four-dimensional space – time continuum,” – which may help to imagine the contours of a future global institutional framework.