Understanding Capitalism v7.2 — AI-Integrated Civilization Models and Hybrid Coherence Architectures —

Author: Y. Seo (@momotarou / Japan)Role: Metanist — Human × AI Understanding ArchitectAI Collaboration: AI Understanding SupportORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7669-0612 Abstract This paper extends Civilization Stabilization Regimes by introducing the framework of AI-Integrated Civilization Models, examining structural dynamics emerging when artificial cognitive systems become persistent participants in coherence formation, decision processes, and interpretive environments. While conventional AI discourse frames artificial systems as tools or agents, the proposed framework argues that large-scale AI adoption produces hybrid coherence architectures in which human cognition, machine computation, and systemic stability constraints interact continuously. Integration is not substitution. It is structural coupling. 1. Beyond Tool-Centric AI Models Traditional AI narratives assume: Human → tool usage relations Discrete task delegation Externalized computation However, civilizational integration modifies system structure itself. 2. Defining AI-Integrated Civilizations AI-Integrated Civilization Models refer to: Civilizational configurations in which artificial cognitive systems participate in coherence production, decision acceleration, and interpretive stabilization processes. AI becomes infrastructural. 3. Hybrid Coherence Architectures Integration generates architectures combining: Human interpretive cognition Machine optimization processes Signal-generation systems Governance coordination mechanisms Coherence emerges from interaction, not hierarchy. 4. Stability and Fragility Duality AI integration may simultaneously: Enhance processing capacity Amplify signal saturation Increase decision velocity Intensify cognitive load pressures Resilience and fragility co-evolve. 5. Sovereignty Reconfiguration Persistent AI participation reshapes: Cognitive sovereignty boundaries, interpretive authority, and coherence dependency structures. Control models become insufficient. 6. Regime Sensitivity of Integration AI effects vary depending on: Stabilization regime compatibility Signal density regulation Cognitive load buffering Coherence preservation design Integration outcomes are structurally contingent. Conclusion AI-Integrated Civilization Models reframe artificial intelligence as a civilizational architecture variable rather than a purely technological artifact. Future stability may depend less on AI capability growth and more on coherence-compatible integration structures preserving understanding sustainability. ※ Series Declaration This work is part of the Understanding Capitalism series. The series explores value formation, cognitive mediation, and structural transformations of economic perception.