In the age of AI, what it means to be Human?
Recently while reading news I came across a news in the newspaper which left me disturbed and provoked me to think about this strange relationship between technology and humans. The case being from Ghaziabad where 3 sisters aged 12,14 and 16 respectively committed suicide. As startling as it may sound, the reason for this suicide was far more disturbing. Apparently they committed the act because their father took away their phones and prohibited them from watching k- drama and playing online korean games. According to the father, they were addicted to their mobile screens and lived in 'Parallel Korean online universe’. Moreover the sisters wrote a suicide note stating- 'Korean is our life, how did you even dare to make us leave our life?’ It raises questions not only about the superficious life we are entering into but also about the value and purpose that is left into living as a human in this era. Research in psychology proves that AI has an impact on not just the...
