In this blog post, we take an in-depth look at whether the evolution of artificial intelligence, which may even develop a sense of self, will be an opportunity or a disaster for humanity. In March 2016, Lee Se-dol lost 4-1 to AlphaGo in a game of Go, sparking a surge of interest in artificial intelligence in Korea. AI has become a natural part of our lives in various fields such as...
In this blog post, we analyze the thinking ability of AI from the perspective of contradiction and explore the nature of thinking. AI, talking like a human “Hello, sir.” This is how JARVIS, the AI assistant of Tony Stark, a character in the globally popular superhero movies Iron Man and The Avengers, greets his master Tony Stark. In the movie, Tony Stark says to JARVIS, “A little...
In this blog post, we explore how altruism is formed in human society based on the theory of group selection and why groups can be more altruistic than individuals. Why do we behave altruistically? How does human altruism differ from animal altruism? In biology, altruistic behavior refers to an individual helping another individual at the expense of their own resources (energy, food, etc.)...
In this blog post, we will look at examples of optimization hidden in everyday life to see what changes it brings beyond simple efficiency. We encounter the term “optimization” countless times in our daily lives. As seen in news headlines such as “SKT launches T Sports, a sports app optimized for smartphones” and “Intel unveils product lineup for optimizing enterprise IT environments,”...
This blog post examines the complex relationship between the Visegrad Four countries and the European Union, focusing on the causes of the conflict and the positions of each country. In 1991, the Czech Republic, Slovakia (before the separation), Poland, and Hungary formed the Visegrad Group with the aim of joining the European Union. In 2004, these four countries joined the European Union...
In this blog post, we explore whether science is simply a process of accumulating knowledge or a continuous process of innovation through paradigm shifts. Science was often understood as a process of simply accumulating facts. However, Thomas Kuhn went beyond this traditional view and presented an important perspective that science is not simply the discovery of truth, but rather the...
In this blog post, I will philosophically explore what the finiteness of time means to our lives, even in the midst of the temptation of eternal life, and where true happiness comes from. Ancient humans were desperate to achieve eternal life, to the extent of defining and worshipping those who would never die as gods. That desire continues to this day, but the form has changed. We go to...
In this blog post, we will learn about the possibility of humans traveling back in time and the multiverse theory that explains this possibility. Have you ever seen the movie “The Terminator”? This movie is based on time travel and deals with the war between machines and humans. It depicts a battle between a machine that tries to prevent a person from being born in the future by traveling...
This blog post examines whether the dazzling development of science and technology will bring prosperity to humanity or bring about new risks. In the movie Minority Report, there is a scene in which a prophet prevents a murder by predicting the future murder. Not only is the prediction used, but the scene of the prediction is also restored to video by technology, and the investigators...
In this blog post, I would like to think about why we feel lonely even when we are with others and the nature of loneliness in communication. In this blog, I would like to talk about loneliness. One day, I was lying on the sofa reading a book alone in my house, and suddenly felt lonely. The feeling of loneliness comes like this, out of the blue. Loneliness is not only felt when you are...