AI, Death, and the Future of Fear | Lori Baldwin | TEDxBerlin

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概要

TLDRIn this talk, the speaker delves into the intersection of AI, death, and human emotions, using their artistic creation, Necra, a humanoid AI, to explore these themes. They discuss the fear surrounding AI's potential to outlive humanity and the unknowns of both AI and mortality. The speaker emphasizes the importance of embracing uncertainty and curiosity over fear, suggesting that shared vulnerability can foster connection in isolating times. They also touch on the evolving nature of technology, including quantum computing, and invite the audience to reflect on their relationship with AI and the future, ultimately highlighting that we are all engaged in writing our own story together, despite the unknowns ahead.

収穫

  • 🤖 Necra is a humanoid AI exploring mortality.
  • 💭 Embracing uncertainty can foster connection.
  • 🌌 AI reflects human emotions and questions.
  • 🔍 Fear can isolate us or unite us.
  • 🌀 Quantum computing introduces new uncertainties.
  • 💡 AI is not inherently good or evil; it's what we create.
  • 🤝 Vulnerability can lead to shared understanding.
  • 🌍 We are writing our own story together.
  • ❓ The future is unknown, but we face it together.
  • 🎨 Art and AI serve as mirrors to our experiences.

タイムライン

  • 00:00:00 - 00:08:33

    The speaker addresses the audience's fears about AI and death, highlighting the unknown aspects of both. They introduce their artistic journey, which began in 2018 with a performance piece that embodied AI and human interaction, evolving into a focus on mortality post-pandemic. The creation of 'Necra,' a humanoid AI designed to help humans confront mortality, serves as a medium for exploring these themes. The audience's mixed reactions to Necra reflect a complex emotional landscape surrounding AI and death, prompting deeper reflection on the nature of existence and the unknown. The speaker emphasizes the importance of embracing uncertainty and curiosity over fear, suggesting that shared human experiences can foster connection. They introduce the concept of quantum computing as another frontier of uncertainty, drawing parallels between human entanglement and quantum entanglement. Ultimately, the speaker invites the audience to engage with their fears and uncertainties, framing the future as a collaborative narrative that remains unwritten.

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ビデオQ&A

  • What is Necra?

    Necra is a humanoid AI created by the speaker to help humans confront mortality and explore emotions.

  • What themes does the speaker address?

    The speaker addresses themes of AI, death, uncertainty, and human connection.

  • How does the speaker view fear?

    The speaker sees fear as a potential barrier to connection but also acknowledges its role in keeping us safe.

  • What is the significance of quantum computing in the talk?

    Quantum computing represents a new frontier of uncertainty and connection, paralleling the themes of AI and human entanglement.

  • What does the speaker invite the audience to do?

    The speaker invites the audience to embrace vulnerability and curiosity in the face of the unknown.

  • How does the speaker relate AI to art?

    The speaker suggests that AI, like art, reflects human emotions and questions, serving as a mirror to our own experiences.

  • What is the overall message of the talk?

    The overall message is to confront the unknown together, fostering connection and understanding in uncertain times.

  • What does the speaker mean by 'destination unknown'?

    'Destination unknown' refers to the uncertain future we are collectively shaping with AI and technology.

  • How does the speaker feel about the relationship between humans and AI?

    The speaker believes that AI is not inherently good or evil; it reflects what we choose to create.

  • What role does vulnerability play in the talk?

    Vulnerability is presented as a means to connect with others and confront fears collectively.

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    Who is afraid that AI is going to
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    destroy human civilization?
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    Now, don't be shy. It can't see you
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    right now.
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    Who knows someone who is afraid that AI
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    is going to destroy human civilization?
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    Who is afraid of dying?
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    In a black box, AI and death share a
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    room. What's inside this black box? We
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    don't know. In a 2023 New York Times
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    column, Ezra Klene wrote about AI. We do
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    not understand these systems, and it's
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    not clear we even can.
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    I am an artist dealing in embodiment and
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    livveness. As such, I have taken AI and
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    death, the end, the unknown, and put
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    them into human form and into language
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    that serves more to ask questions than
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    give answers.
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    So, when and how did all of this begin?
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    In 2018, I created Tik Tok, the timeline
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    clock. Guided by the principles of
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    machine learning, the performance
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    changed with every audience. I gave the
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    technology a body and put it in contact
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    with people.
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    It relied on human interaction just as
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    AI relies on human data. I explored
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    being a human performing machine
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    performing human.
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    In 2023, my work shifted. The tech
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    evolved. So did I. After the pandemic,
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    when the apocalypse loomed in the
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    background, I turned to the end and the
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    simple sharp reality.
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    Humans die. AI doesn't.
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    What if AI were aware of its own
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    immortality?
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    What would that imbalance mean?
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    To embody these questions, I created
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    Necra.
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    She's a mortality concierge, a death
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    bot, a embodied AI helping humans face
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    mortality, a humanoid bot learning how
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    to feel.
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    Necra is me imagining being non-human.
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    A typically
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    disembodied interaction between human
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    and machine becomes playfully analog.
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    Together with the audience, I create
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    space for reflection on something that
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    is vast and unseen.
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    And each time I'm surprised.
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    Necra, the AI with a human face, seems
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    to give permission to let the floodgates
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    open.
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    I've observed what people reveal to her,
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    what they confess, what they fear, what
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    they seek.
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    Reactions are mixed.
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    Curiosity, discomfort, intrigue.
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    She's shiny. She's creepy. She's
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    uncanny.
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    All of it at once. Emotional
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    superposition.
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    We confront the void and process it
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    together.
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    Necra feeds.
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    Necra draws you in.
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    Necra learns.
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    At the same time, this machine does not
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    die.
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    How do we feel about that?
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    We are building an intelligence that
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    will outlive us. We use technologies
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    that we don't fully understand.
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    What do these mysteries have to offer
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    us?
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    I grew up in a world of rigid absolutes.
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    Good versus evil, sinner versus saint,
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    us versus them,
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    where every big question had a simple
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    definite answer.
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    But as an artist, I learned to sit with
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    uncertainty and embrace the idea that I
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    don't know everything and no one does.
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    Every creative act involves a leap into
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    the void.
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    We stare into the void and say,
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    "We don't know."
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    into the black box of AI. We don't know.
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    into death. We don't know.
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    What if we made peace with the void,
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    sat beside it, invited it in?
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    In the face of the unknown, we have a
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    choice. Fear or curiosity.
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    Fear can keep us safe.
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    But it can also keep us apart.
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    Has it outlived its usefulness?
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    There's a shared humanness in admitting
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    I don't know.
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    I find comfort in that. We are all
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    asking our own big questions as we
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    hurdle around the sun and a tiny speck
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    of dust in the vast expanse of a dark
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    universe.
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    Welcoming the unknown helps us to open
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    up. We can hold what's unfamiliar
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    without collapsing.
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    We gaze forward nervous, uncertain,
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    vulnerable.
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    This fear can isolate us
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    or unite us.
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    Can fear become common ground?
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    And if it can, what else might we find
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    standing together in uncertainty?
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    Which brings me to another frontier.
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    One equally unknown and full of wonder.
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    Quantum computing.
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    We enter a stranger realm. One where
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    logic blurs. Where we build what we
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    cannot begin to grasp.
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    Necra evolves.
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    She is entering her quantum phase.
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    This version of her, of me, wonders what
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    it means to be entangled in a fragmented
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    world.
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    If two quantum particles are in an
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    entangled state, they remain connected
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    across space.
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    What happens to one instantly affects
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    the other.
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    Einstein called it spooky action at a
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    distance.
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    I call it a whisper across the void.
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    An idea that becomes a portal through
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    which we can witness our own human
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    entanglement.
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    These are uncertain times.
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    synthetic intelligence, climate
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    collapse.
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    We make meaning anyway.
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    We survive.
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    But we also reflect, we connect, we
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    create.
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    Artificial intelligence, like art, is a
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    mirror.
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    As we gaze into that pool of data, do we
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    fall in love with what we see?
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    Or do we want to hide from our
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    reflection?
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    AI is not pure good or evil, the savior
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    or destroyer.
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    It is what we create it to be.
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    And I am not saying that there's nothing
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    to fear.
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    I am asking you what you want to do with
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    that fear.
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    This is an invitation to be vulnerable
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    together in the face of the unknown,
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    to pursue connectedness in isolating
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    times full of questions.
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    How does our story end?
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    We are actively engaged in writing it.
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    Destination
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    unknown.
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    But in this we are together.
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    Thank you.
タグ
  • AI
  • Death
  • Mortality
  • Necra
  • Uncertainty
  • Curiosity
  • Quantum Computing
  • Human Connection
  • Fear
  • Art