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The Legible Mind: How Generative AI Flattens Consciousness, Transforms Communication, and Recenters Human Intelligence on the Illegible Muhammad Ridwan; Belay Sitotaw Goshu; Anantasha Titisania Rimadewi
Budapest International Research and Critics Institute-Journal (BIRCI-Journal) Vol 9, No 3 (2026): Budapest International Research and Critics Institute August
Publisher : Budapest International Research and Critics University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33258/birci.v9i3.8232

Abstract

Generative AI produces highly legible outputs fluent, coherent, and statistically probable text. Yet human consciousness, communication, and intelligence are fundamentally shaped by illegible elements: qualia, strategic ambiguity, error, and non derivable insight. This paper introduces the concept of “the legible mind” to examine how generative AI flattens consciousness, transforms communication, and recenters human intelligence in the age of synthetic media. Drawing on philosophy of mind (Nagel, Chalmers, and Searle), communication theory (Grice, Austin), human computer interaction (Norman), and recent empirical studies of AI detection and uncanny valley effects, we develop a conceptual framework distinguishing legible outputs from illegible processes. AI simulates conscious outputs without subjective experience, inverting the Turing test so that humans feel pressure to imitate machinic legibility (e.g., CAPTCHAs). Communication shifts from intention driven cooperation to hyper legibility, provoking strategic illegibility (deliberate errors, personal digressions) as an authenticity signal. Human intelligence recenters on meta legibility: prompting, critique, and integration of AI generated content with non derivable insight. AI makes legibility cheap, rendering the illegible scarce and valuable. The legible mind is a tool; the danger is forgetting the illegible. Interdisciplinary research should investigate how humans perceive illegibility, regulate deceptive AI that simulates human imperfection, redesign education around meta legibility, and develop proof of humanity protocols based on embodied presence.
Co-Authors Aguansyah Maulana Siregar Akmal Fiqhi Ranu Mahendra Alwi Ridho Amini, Salisa Anahit Gasparyan Ananda Nurmairani Laoli Anantasha Titisania Rimadewi Andri Soemitra Arnida Wahyuni Lubis Arsini, Yenti Babatunde Covenant Olugbenga Bakhrul Khair Amal Belay Sitotaw Goshu Cindy Silfana Damy T. S. Damy T.S. Delfriana Ayu Dyah Ayu Kusuma Dewandaru Elva Hariyani Fauzan Asyqarullah Ginting Firstika Nabilla Balqis Gayane Poghosyan Harahap, Muhammad Ikhsan Herdi Sahrasad Indah Doanita Hasibuan Intan Kusumawati Ismail Isnaini Harahap Koto-te-Nyiwa Ngbolua Koto-Te-Nyiwa Ngbolua Koto-te-Nyiwa Ngbolua Latifah Mutiah Nurhidayah Lusi Puspasari Miliarison Andrianiaina Josoa Muflihul Fadhil Muhammad Habibi Siregar Muhammad Rizky Aldiansyah Muhammad Sahputra Nasution, Annio Indah Lestari Nasution, Muhammad Irwan Padli Natasya Putri Lika Nurdiana Nurdiana Nurul Izzah Oktavera Rizki Putri Dina Rabesiaka R Rabesiaka R. Rabesiaka R. Raharijaona A. Rahmadani Hasibuan Rahmah Fadlilatu Syahadah Rakotonirina M. D. L. Rakotonirina M.D.L. Ramanampisoa V.E. Ramanampisoa V.E. RANAIVOSON Sahondra Lalao Olga Randianto Alfandi Randrianoelina Benjamin Rani Sabtelasari Ravika Putri Irawan Razafimahefa V.M. Razafindrakoto Ny Riana Fanoina Razafindrazanakolona A. D. EL Agha Razafindrazanakolona A.D. Riswan Rambe Robijaona Rahelivololoniaina B. Robijaona Rahelivololoniaina B. Robijaona Rahelivololoniaina Baholy Roshihan Mawazzi Lubis Siregar, Machrani Adi Putri Siska Melida Saragih Sri Devi Sri Wahdina Tanjung Sufiah Adena Putri Tedi Hermansyah Tengku Armita Chairiyah Titi Atifah Zahra Maha Vemi Fadila Sari Wisnu Putri Airmas Jati Yusrizal Zakaria Alfikri Sirait