On a desk at his studio in Somerset House in central London, artist Lawrence Lek keeps a Buddha bobblehead. The protagonist of his latest film, an AI “carebot” therapist designed by the fictional Farsight corporation to treat other AI creations — self-driving cars, surveillance programs — is named after the Buddhist goddess of compassion, Guanyin. A series of sketches depicting the character’s evolving design are pasted on a wall, culminating in the figure of a friendly toy robot. “Farsight would want to make a cute, appealing avatar for their full-surveillance empathy-AI system,” Lek says drily.
在倫敦市中心薩默塞特府(Somerset House)的工作室桌上，藝術家勞倫斯?萊克(Lawrence Lek)放著一個佛像搖頭娃娃。他最新電影的主角是一名由虛構的Farsight公司設計的人工智能“關懷機器人”治療師，專門為其他人工智能創造物（如自動駕駛汽車、監控程序）提供治療，這個角色以佛教慈悲女神觀音命名。墻上貼著一系列描繪該角色設計演變的草圖，最終呈現出一個友好的玩具機器人形象。萊克帶著淡淡的諷刺說道：“Farsight希望為他們的全監控共情AI系統制作一個可愛、吸引人的化身?！?/p>