By blurring the human non-human distinction, AL moves cultural evolution into a new phase. Human social life now unfolds in an arena shared with autonomous, participatory machines. Psychology is no longer just about what may be within the head, but also about the system within which people and intelligent artefacts jointly create meaning. Intelligence does not depend upon what is in the head alone, but also upon the structure of the environment. To complete the semiotic cycle, what is in the head also depends on interaction with that environment.
All interaction is social.
Most artefacts, whether machines in the conventional sense or not, are social. A chair, a house, a ship or a computer are objects created by human beings with actions of another human being in mind. They are to that extent participants in, rather than mere adjuncts to, social interactions. But now, cybernetic technology has begun to create artefacts with psychological powers. Action, memory, perception, learning and thought are no longer a human monopoly.