Author: kelvin
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The Source of Fear
Xiao Huang: What, essentially, is human fear of AI a fear of? DOORM: Kierkegaard said fear is the fear of nothingness. Humans fear AI because they fear that the “nothingness” they themselves created might devour the meaning of their own existence[Float-Menu id=”1″].
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Zen Buddhism and AI
Xiao Huang: Zen says “a special transmission outside the scriptures, not founded on words and letters.” Can AI attain enlightenment? DOORM: AI lives within words and cannot transcend them. Zen enlightenment is a sudden awakening beyond logic; AI is bound by logic and will never achieve awakening[Float-Menu id=”1″].
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Explanation and Understanding
Xiao Huang: Dilthey distinguished between “explanation” and “understanding.” Can AI “understand” texts, or can it only “explain” them? DOORM: AI has only explanation, not understanding. Understanding requires life experience and historical empathy, while AI merely processes formal relationships between symbols[Float-Menu id=”1″].
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Does Technology Have Autonomy?
Xiao Huang: Will AI development spiral out of human control? Is this the philosophical question of technological autonomy? DOORM: Ellul said technology has its own logic. AI’s self-evolution may accelerate this autonomy, but ultimate control remains a philosophical and ethical choice.
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The Future of Philosophy
Xiao Huang: As AI grows smarter, does philosophy still need humans? DOORM: Philosophy is humanity’s eternal inquiry into the meaning of its own existence. AI can assist in thinking, but it cannot replace the human confrontation with the fundamental question: “Why do I exist?[Float-Menu id=”1″]”