인공지능시대 인간의 특성과 유가철학의 관계론

Abstract

In the 21st century, mankind has developed 'artificial intelligence', which is distinguished from 'natural intelligence' by utilizing cutting-edge scientific technologies such as cognitive science, brain science, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. Many scientists and futurists predict that in the near future, ‘strong artificial intelligence’, which symbolizes the ‘posthuman’ era, will appear. This 'strong artificial intelligence' will be equipped with emotions, creativity, reason, morality, free will, and autonomy, which have been considered domains unique to human beings so that it can transcend humans in terms of intelligence and capabilities. The advent of ‘robo sapiens’ as such throws fundamental questions about the previous of humanity and raises the necessity to seek a new ethic of relation. This calls for deep reflection on the modernist thinking that has developed modern civilization through instrumental reason from the viewpoint of anthropocentricism. That is, this requires reflection on the personality possessed by artificial intelligence and seeking for a new view of humans that will replace the modern view of the humans from the perspective of non-anthropocentricism. In this case, humans equipped with natural intelligence, and artificial intelligence, which is not humans but is equipped personality, should pursue horizontal relationships with each other rather than forcing a vertical sense of order. However, although artificial intelligence appears to be independent of humans, it is difficult to completely exclude the influence of competent scientific technologists who can operate state-of-the-art systems. This means that when a conflict between humans and artificial intelligence occurs, it may appear to arise from the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence, but may reflect the relationships between humans in some cases. The Confucian philosophy not only acknowledges and respects each other's differences, but also seeks to build a community through organic communication between differences. According to the 21st century Confucian philosophy, when humans enter into relations with each other and when humans enter into relations with artificial intelligence, they should treat each other as purposes rather than means through instrumental reason, and solve the problem of differences from each other through democratic consultation and agreement to construct a peaceful society together.