Artificial Intelligence and the Posthuman Vision

R Karthikeyan; S Bhuvaneswari

doi:10.34293/sijash.v13iS1i2-Aug.9701

R Karthikeyan Research Scholar, P.G. and Research Department of English, Sourashtra College, Madurai
S Bhuvaneswari Assistant Professor of English P.G. and Research Department of English, Sourashtra College, Madurai

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34293/sijash.v13iS1i2-Aug.9701

Keywords: Posthumanism, AI, Literature, Cyborg Identity, Human-Machine Interaction, Contemporary Fiction, Ethics, Emotion, Consciousness

Abstract

The paper discusses how posthumanism reframe the presentation of artificial intelligence (AI) in contemporary literature and considers how the human-machine dichotomy is problematically being drawn more and more. Posthumanism disrupts traditional humanist ontology and writes in a more open-ended conception of intelligence, agency, and identity. In literature, this essay balances to what extent AI plots and characters reflect the development of the human condition in a ubiquitously technological world. With reference to modern novels and science fiction, the argument illustrates how authors employ AI to frame problems of emotional depth, ethical sensitivity, and mixed familiarity. With their introduction of machines reflecting or even exceeding human attributes, literature leads us into a new cultural landscape—where what constitutes a “person” is no longer static but fluid. The essay concludes that not only is literature a reflection of technological progress but also a philosophy tool of rethinking humankind.