This speculative video piece showcases participants interacting with a career counseling AI agent, unaware that the responses were actually derived from the fortunetelling of a mudang (a Korean traditional shaman). Our work captures this deception and documents participants' reactions, showcasing shifts in their initial perceptions of the agent's advice following the reveal. Notably, even after learning that the advice came from a mudang rather than an AI, participants did not change their initial attitudes toward the advice they received. This raises questions about the perceived importance of AI's explainability and accuracy. By juxtaposing scientific and pre-scientific approaches, we aim to provoke discussions on human agency in the age of AI. We argue that, regardless of AI's advancements, we continue to navigate life in fundamentally human ways -- wonderfully messy and uncertain.
翻译:本思辨性视频作品呈现了参与者与职业咨询AI智能体互动的场景,但其不知晓这些回应实则源自一位巫堂(韩国传统萨满)的占卜。我们的作品捕捉了这一欺骗性场景,并记录了参与者得知真相后的反应变化,揭示出他们对智能体建议初始认知的转变。值得注意的是,即便在得知建议来自巫堂而非AI后,参与者对已接收建议的初始态度并未改变。这一现象对AI的可解释性与准确性在人们认知中的重要性提出了质疑。通过并置科学方法与前科学方法,我们旨在引发关于AI时代人类能动性的讨论。我们认为,无论AI如何发展,人类本质上仍以根本性的人类方式——即充满奇妙混乱与不确定性——来书写生命历程。