07·11·23
What does artificial intelligence tell us about being human?
Eureka
Eureka
Eureka
Julie Ricard
07·11·23
What does artificial intelligence tell us about being human?
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Throughout the movie, we are thinking about this human-robot duality that exists in Cherry. At one point, Amos comments on Cherry's ability to paint and write poetry. For him, this signals an evolution towards humanity. The final dialog about her search for identity explicitly raises Cherry's own doubts about what defines her as non-human, if she seems to feel everything that humans feel?
And the movie ends with a scene of her dancing, which left me wondering: is art somehow the last frontier of humanity? Is it something that only we humans can understand and produce?
Many would argue that emotions are an exclusive characteristic of humans, but science has shown that other animals have them too. The concept of "consciousness" is also mobilized as something exclusively human. But consciousness is such an ethereal concept that to this day we haven't been able to define it precisely. If we ignore supernatural, religious or mystical approaches, what prevents an AI from being considered conscious?
And the movie ends with a scene of her dancing, which left me wondering: is art somehow the last frontier of humanity? Is it something that only we humans can understand and produce?
Many would argue that emotions are an exclusive characteristic of humans, but science has shown that other animals have them too. The concept of "consciousness" is also mobilized as something exclusively human. But consciousness is such an ethereal concept that to this day we haven't been able to define it precisely. If we ignore supernatural, religious or mystical approaches, what prevents an AI from being considered conscious?
Today, we see that artificial intelligences can create images, write poetry and, in the near future, even act. There are already memes circulating on the internet joking that AIs are creating art while we work. Hollywood is even experiencing protests and debates raised by the "artistic competences" of AI. Screenwriters are on guard, fearing that generative text AIs will make them obsolete. Actors are also joining the chorus, worried about technological advances that could recreate and replace their performances. And to add fuel to the fire, rumors are already circulating about an entire film starring AI characters who look like real human beings.
But behind all these fears, there is perhaps an even greater concern: are we, as humans, facing a threat to our essence? If art is the mirror of the soul, what happens when a machine reflects a soul back to us? Perhaps what we really fear is not being replaced by AIs, but the possibility that, in the end, we humans are not as special as we used to believe.