Artificial Intelligence (AF) in Human Fantasy: The Birth of a New Subject in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun

IF 0.2 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI:10.21659/rupkatha.v15n4.14

Sharifa Akter, Niger Afroz Islam

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Abstract

In Klara and the Sun (2021), the Nobel Prize-winning Japanese-British writer Kazuo Ishiguro fantasizes about an unspecified future world of possibilities for life with Artificial Intelligence. This novel raises complex questions about the notion of intelligent life, the fantasy of transcending the limits of nature, the future of the social bond, and the constitution of human emotions. This study portrays the unconscious fears, fantasies, and fascination created in the novel’s plot, centred on the solar-powered AF (Artificial Friend). The novelty of this paper is to show how Klara, the Artificial Friend, the humanoid, traverses the Imaginary, Symbolic, and Real and becomes a new Lacanian subject. The careful explanation of the study attempts to chart the impact of a new subject on human fantasy in society and culture from Zizek’s concept of Ideological Fantasy. It explores how subjects lose their internal being when their lives are entirely commodified and exploited as a component of capitalism. Finally, Ishiguro ends his novel where the being (nature) owns over the thing (commodity). This paper will also attempt to enlist the impact of dystopian fiction on society and culture. Hence, in conclusion, this study explores a constructive approach to understanding human fantasy and acknowledges the text as a scope that meets interdisciplinary promises.

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人类幻想中的人工智能（AF）：石黑一雄《克拉拉与太阳》中新主体的诞生

在《克拉拉与太阳》（2021 年）中，诺贝尔文学奖得主、日裔英国作家石黑一雄幻想了一个未知的未来世界，一个拥有人工智能的生命世界。这部小说对智能生命的概念、超越自然极限的幻想、社会纽带的未来以及人类情感的构成提出了复杂的问题。本研究描绘了以太阳能驱动的 AF（人工朋友）为中心的小说情节中产生的无意识恐惧、幻想和迷恋。本文的新颖之处在于展示了 "人造朋友 "克拉拉如何穿越想象、符号和现实，成为一个新的拉康式主体。本研究的细致阐释试图从齐泽克的意识形态幻想概念出发，勾勒出一个新主体对社会和文化中人类幻想的影响。它探讨了当主体的生活作为资本主义的组成部分被完全商品化和剥削时，他们是如何失去内在存在的。最后，石黑在小说结尾处写道："存在（自然）超越了事物（商品）"。本文还将尝试列举乌托邦小说对社会和文化的影响。因此，总之，本研究探索了一种理解人类幻想的建设性方法，并承认该文本是满足跨学科承诺的一个范围。

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