{"id":51683,"date":"2025-06-30T11:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T03:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/as\/?page_id=51683"},"modified":"2025-07-02T09:57:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:57:32","slug":"infectious-machines-arts-humanities-and-the-techno-poetics-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/as\/research\/ridch\/infectious-machines-arts-humanities-and-the-techno-poetics-of-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Infectious Machines: Arts, Humanities, and the Techno-Poetics of AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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This seminar explored the relationship between AI and Arts and Humanities by using a philosophical approach to redefine Chinese Mythology and examined how to encounter AI in Arts and Humanities. The speaker, Professor Kochhar-Lindgren, began the seminar by discussing the term “techno”, which encompasses not only AI but also the broader spectrum of human-created technologies. He posed thought-provoking questions about the interplay between philosophy and mythology, particularly focusing on the “mark of the human”. Drawing on well-known concepts from Chinese philosophy, such as Dao De Jing, Qi, and Shanshui, he employed a philosophical approach to reinterpret these abstract ideas. He emphasized that technology and humanities are not oppositional forces but exist in a reciprocal relationship.<\/p>\n\n

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The seminar then shifted to the topic of encountering AI. Professor Kochhar-Lindgren acknowledged the potential dangers of AI if it is not used responsibly. To illustrate this, he invoked the mythical figure of the “zombie” as a metaphor to explore the impact of AI on contemporary human civilization.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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