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The Loss of Interest in the Modern World and the Future of AI

Niccolo Caldararo

Department of Anthropology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California 94132, USA.

*Corresponding author: Niccolo Caldararo

Published: November 21,2025

Abstract

Variation in human interaction has been posited as a central factor in social adaptations and the evolution of human institutions. Such variation appears to have decreased over time as modern society has become more dense and face to-face interaction has decreased. The consequences of this decrease in variation may result in reduced social innovation and personal satisfactions, producing a variety of pathological conditions detrimental to social evolution. The role of new computer technologies like AI may accelerate these detrimental factors or produce new avenues for variation. Where such variation can come from and its likely effects on individual happiness and social evolution is discussed.

Keywords

Variation; Uniformity; Satisfaction; Social order; Integration; Communication; Artificial Intelligence

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How to cite this paper

The Loss of Interest in the Modern World and the Future of AI

How to cite this paper: Niccolo Caldararo. (2025). The Loss of Interest in the Modern World and the Future of AI. Sociology & Social Policy2(3), 154-157.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/ssp.2025.12.004