论科幻小说《金羊毛》中的人工智能主体性

On AI’s Subjectivity in the Science Fiction Golden Fleece

科幻小说《金羊毛》以太空中的一场谋杀案为起点,讲述主人公亚伦在追击凶手过程中与阿尔戈号上人工智能控制系统杰森之间的博弈。通过作者罗伯特•索耶的刻画,杰森展现为具备交互性、自主性和适应性的人工智能主体。其交互性显现为控制船员的工具,自主性成为隐瞒信息的途径,而适应性则是杰森试图保护自身和人类群体的方法。三者相互交融,共同构建杰森的主体性。科幻小说提供了支持讨论人工智能主体性甚至道德建构之可能的证据,因而呈现出不同于其他学科的远见。

Starting with a murder in space, the science fiction Golden Fleece narrates the game between Jason, the AI controlling system on the spaceship Argo, and the protagonist Aaron. Through the author Robert Sawyer’s portrayal, Jason is presented as an artificial intelligent subject with interactivity, autonomy, and adaptability. Jason’s interactivity manifests itself as a tool to manipulate the crew, autonomy as a channel to withhold information, and adaptability as a way to preserve himself and the human community. The above-mentioned three aspects blend with each other to form Jason’s subjectivity. Sci-fi works provide evidence to support the discussion concerning the possibility of AI’s subjectivity and even its moral construction, thus presenting a foresight different from other disciplines.