I am wondering...
- Jun 25
- 2 min read
In a world taken over more and more by AI, the question of what makes us human is becoming more and more urgent, pressing, relevant. What is it to be human and living as a human?
If we are creating other entities that are similar to us except that they are perfect, what remains as purpose of our lives? If we have AI, robots, technologically perfect “Others” that give us quick and perfect results what is left for us? What is to become of our imperfections, failures, mistakes, trials and errors? Do we even venture there anymore, do we even still try to solve? Will people in the future sit down to “think”, to contemplate, to discuss among themselves ideas, solutions, opinions?
Seeking out perfection and answers outside of us, disconnection from our own inner thoughts, emotion processes, our inner world….As we leave everything to Others, seek answers from the outside it seems that we are diminishing our sense of being human, the very essence of being, observing, knowing, connecting and evolving into wisdom. How will our imagination expand or shrink? Will our children feel that exhilarating satisfaction of connecting things together, of coming up with entirely new ideas, of being excited of the novelty, of beginning their life journeys?
In this stage of storms on a physical and collective level, people from all fields gathering, questioning, brainstorming around AI and its influences, I feel that artists/creatives are not included enough in the evolution around this theme and especially how it impacts us as humans. Why would that be important? Because it is not a purely technological, scientific, cultural issue - an ideological one - it is about how we as humans are going to actually create our lives, our sense of humanity in this world of transition and afterwards. And who better than artists know how life evolves in the grey zone, not purely as black and/or white, that sometimes there are answers and sometimes not, sometimes it is quick and sometimes slow, that things are born from imperfect contrasts that are necessary for any type of creation - art and life. As the artistic journey and processes of an artist is similar to that of the creative nature of life, I feel artists have a huge overview and a very different and yet important perspective into what it is to be actually human beyond AI.
I am wondering and questioning, whether we are slowly giving away part of ourselves to something that is perhaps fulfilling and quick and precise in the short run without truly considering if it will create openings of flow, of connection, of wonder, of surprises, of vulnerable imperfections. Will it ever offer openings that arrive from trials, failures and the joy of getting through difficulties, of creating together, of sharing heart warming stories, of riding the waves of life together as humans? Or will it bring us closer to the realization that life is ultimately an open canvas full of potential, where AI is just a drop of paint - among many others - that we can use to connect with other drops but also disregard, overpaint, and/or eventually move beyond.
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