Ai Weiwei Poses Thought-Provoking Questions to AI Systems in Public Art Project Exploring Technology and Humanity
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Ai Weiwei poses 81 thought-provoking questions about technology, humanity, and existence to AI systems like ChatGPT. The questions touch on themes like politics, abstract concepts, and human values.
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The questions are being publicly displayed on billboards in major cities as part of an art project commissioned by CIRCA. Ai's questions and AI's responses are shown side-by-side.
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The project is inspired by a set of 172 questions posed to gods by an ancient Chinese poet and Ai's own interrogations when he was imprisoned. It examines the power dynamics around questioning.
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By presenting AI's answers alongside a human perspective, the project explores rising technology systems and access to information.
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Ai says "everybody has the right to ask questions" and that liberation comes through inquiry, not just solutions. Questioning is presented as an essential human right.