数字时代的身体意义——科幻电影中的三种虚拟人身体范式探析

The Meaning of the Body in the Digital Age——An Analysis of Three Kinds of Virtual Humans in SF films

身体是人类在物质世界的“自然”生命形式,身体结构很大程度上决定了人特有的生命感知方式和意义生产。而日益发达的科学技术却让电脑变成各种不需要身体的“虚拟人”。“身体性”的消逝带来的是“何以为人类”的身份认同和意义难题。本文分析了科幻电影中的三类“虚拟人”,即赛博人、数字连接人以及人形机器人(人工智能),探讨它们因机器化、信息化、智能化而带来的各种“身体”和“身份”的不确定性。透过这些科幻电影中“虚拟人”的困境,探讨人类隐藏在科学技术压力下,对未来身体意义的焦虑心理。

The body is the“natural”life form of human beings in the material world.The body structure largely determines the unique way of life perception and meaning production.But increasingly advanced science and technology has turned computers into"virtual Humans"who do not need bodies.The disappearance of"body"brings with it the difficult question of identity and meaning for"what makes us human".This paper analyzes three types of"virtual humans"in science fiction movies,namely cyberman,digital connected artificial intelligence and Humanoid robot(AI),and discusses the uncertainty of"body"and"identity"brought about by their robotization,informatization and intelligence.Through the plight of"virtual human"in these science fiction movies,this paper discusses the anxiety of human beings to the future physical meaning under the pressure of science and technology.