Axis V · Artificial Intelligence
From the critical reading “A Obra Comentada”
A critical reading of the work, written in the third person — not a review by a third party.
Axis 5 is the most philosophical of Hermínio Cerqueira’s work and revolves around a single conceptual gesture: replacing the term “artificial intelligence,” declared functionally dead, with the concept of synthetic intelligence — cognitive capability obtained through the deliberate composition of characterizable parts, not through the imitation of a hypothetical human intelligence. The concept, formally proposed in the opening book of the Portuguese and English series, is not confined to this axis: it reappears in Part VIII of Guerra Cibernética (defensive and offensive AI, meaningful human control), in the chapter of the Manual de Cibersegurança Quântica on the quantum–AI interface and, above all, in the author’s own methodological declarations, which describe his tool-assisted writing practice as a transparent exercise in synthetic intelligence — tools for the mechanical work; judgment and responsibility, exclusively human. It is on this axis that the author’s technical and literary work touch most clearly.
«A Obra Comentada» (Sintra, Julho de 2026), introdução do eixo
Provisional translation — to be reviewed by the author.
7 books in this axis address the theme
