This paper introduces Symbiotic Diplomacy as a normative and operational framework for governing the human-AI transition in anticipation of the Singularity — the projected moment when artificial intelligence systems surpass human cognitive capacity in a general and irreversible manner. Drawing on thirteen years of direct observation of labor automation in Chinese manufacturing contexts, certification in AI management systems (ISO/IEC 42001), and an applied book-writing experiment conducted in collaboration with a large language model, the paper argues that the central challenge of the AI transition is not technical but diplomatic: the negotiation of boundaries, responsibilities, and benefits between people, models, and institutions. The framework articulates four structural pillars — technological sovereignty, governance as architecture, human-impact metrics, and humanized productivity — and maps their implementation across a Quadruple Helix of actors: government, academia, industry, and civil society. The paper also presents the book-writing process itself as a case study in humanized productivity, demonstrating that AI-augmented knowledge creation can preserve and amplify human authorship rather than replace it. The work emerges from a practitioner perspective situated in the Global South, offering a vantage point distinct from both Silicon Valley and European regulatory discourse.
Mikael Soares Martins (Wed,) studied this question.