Publication detail

Artificial Intelligence in Science-Fiction as a Model of Posthuman Situation of Mankind

KOTÁSEK, M.

Original Title

Artificial Intelligence in Science-Fiction as a Model of Posthuman Situation of Mankind

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

The article focuses on the way in which science fiction genre and scientific texts alike model the ideas of Western culture concerning the functioning of the human mind (brain or intelligence), its knowability, and the probability of its successful simulation. The most problematic issue arising is that this kind of text rests both on the idea of absolute knowability of the human mind (thus stepping outside the “strange loop” defined by Douglas Hofstadter) and on the belief in the possibility of creating such an artificial live system that would reconstruct exactly this “loop”. The article sees the distinction between scientific and literary texts concerning artificial intelligence as problematic - the resulting “hybridity” is further employed and enhanced in connection with theories regarding “the posthuman”. Building upon the theories of autopoietic (self-referential) systems, the article concludes with an outline of a “theory of hybrid reading”.

Keywords

Artificial intelligence; Cognition; Cyberpunk; Posthumanism; Science fiction

Authors

KOTÁSEK, M.

Released

21. 12. 2015

Publisher

Ústav svetovej literatúry SAV

Location

Bratislava

ISBN

1337-9690

Periodical

World Literature Studies

Year of study

7

Number

4

State

unknown

Pages from

64

Pages to

77

Pages count

14

BibTex

@article{BUT120404,
  author="Miroslav {Kotásek}",
  title="Artificial Intelligence in Science-Fiction as a Model of Posthuman Situation of Mankind",
  journal="World Literature Studies",
  year="2015",
  volume="7",
  number="4",
  pages="64--77",
  issn="1337-9690"
}