Journal of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics ›› 2020, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (2): 107-114.

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The Metaphysics of“I”: A Philosophical Issue in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

CAI Heng-jin   

  1. Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
  • Received:2019-06-17 Online:2020-03-25 Published:2020-12-14

Abstract: The development of artificial intelligence technology is beyond imagination, and it has become an unquestionable development trend that machines will surpass humans one by one in various professional fields. Under such a background, human beings will doubt the value of their existence; thereby generate subversive questions about ethics and morals. However, humans still have their particularity that cannot be replaced by machines, which lies in the fact that human being has strong self-consciousness that can control the future. Then where does this particularity come from? Can this particularity be used to break through the current bottleneck in the development of artificial intelligence? In the era of artificial intelligence, philosophy bears the heavy responsibility of unprecedented guidance; the development of AI technology is both a scientific issue and a philosophical issue. By explaining the three level contents of where“I”comes from, where“I”am and where“I”am going to, the human-machine relationship can be clarified from the philosophical perspective, which can provide new ideas for the future co-existence and common prosperity of human being and machine.

Key words: artificial intelligence, ego, fragment of consciousness, philosophy

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