CHAPTER 01
Processes and Drivers of Human Civilization’s Great Transformations
1. Human Civilization’s Great Transformation 5
1 Great Transformations of Human Civilization by Alvin Toffler 5
2 Great Transformation of Human Civilization by Jerome Glenn 10
3 World Federation for Future Research’s process of great change in human civilization 11
2. Diverse perspectives on the drivers of human
civilizational change 12
CHAPTER 02
Civilization’s Great Transformation from human needs perspective
1. Human needs theory 18
2. Civilizational Great Transformation driven by human
needs 22
CHAPTER 03
New Civilization Great Transformation, ‘Human Revolution’ Era Background
1. The COVID-19 pandemic and the digital renaissance 30
1 COVID-19 and the acceleration of Fourth
Industrial Revolution 31
2 COVID-19 and empowering humanism 34
2. ChatGPT, the history and future of Artificial Intelligence 38
1 Concepts of artificial intelligence 39
2 History of Artificial Intellige
Preface
“Human Revolution”
Civilization Great Transformation
brought about by artificial intelligence
The human revolution and civilizational transformation have begun.
The future of humanity is currently at a crossroads that is divided into two poles.
Our decisions at this crossroads, whether humanity and the Earth can continue to live and prosper, and whether humanity and the Earth can no longer survive and perish, will determine the future of humanity.
Climate change that could worsen from a climate crisis to a climate disaster, and the unstoppable development of artificial intelligence that could dominate humanity beyond human intelligence and lead to the end of humanity, are predicted to become a reality in the near future, creating an uncomfortable future in which the contents of a dystopian movie that destroys humanity and the Earth could become reality.
The purpose of predicting the future in futures study is to provide and suggest alternatives so that we can mo
