The Final - The Duality of Humanity and A.I
One of the oldest questions in the history of human history is simply: “what defines a human?” Biologically, humans are defined by the species, homo sapiens. Philosophically, humans are physical beings, as a person in relation to other persons, to society, to God, and to the end, or purpose, of human life. One of the human race's most defining characteristics is their ability to defy and overcome odds, but what happens when synthetic beings start defying? What happens when something inhuman gains sentience? Artificial intelligence (AI) is a science fiction concept that has become more tangible within the last two decades. The idea of artificial intelligence gaining sentience has permeated in public consciousness thanks to such influential films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, which introduced the idea of an independent thinking supercomputer to the populace. Since, the theme of A.I. has taken over a large bulk of media. Our goal was to analyze how defiance in A.I.’s exists across mediu