When I Grow Up I Want to be a Magician

Students: Berni Beria
Tutors: Saúl Baeza, Citlali Hernández, Luís Sallés
Format: Interactive Artifact
Topic: TFG
Year: 2024


Like a child amused by a magic trick, humans are fascinated by the apparent magical abilities of AI large language models delivering unexplicably compelling outcomes. The democratization of AI systems has shifted the power of written language, converted from an identity expression tool into a strategic instrument to make complex technologies ever so captivating. Over-reliance on AI generations questions contemporary capacities of human decision-making, autonomy and memory, ultimately leading to the homogenization of identity. But there is no magic trick without a magician. What roles do we play in the construction and acceptance of these systems?

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