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Artificial Intelligence and the Dilemma of Meaning of Life

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2021 International Conference on Applications and Techniques in Cyber Intelligence (ATCI 2021)

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The meaning of life has always been an important topic for people to explore and discuss. The meaning of life is closely related to the background of the times and daily life. In the future era of artificial intelligence, great changes have taken place in the background of the times, and the meaning of life is facing difficulties. It is mainly manifested in three aspects: the change of daily life direction, the dilemma of self-transcendence of life meaning; the change of “self” essence, the dilemma of self-reflection of life meaning; the change of “self” essence, the dilemma of self-reflection of life meaning.

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Mu, H. (2021). Artificial Intelligence and the Dilemma of Meaning of Life. In: Abawajy, J., Xu, Z., Atiquzzaman, M., Zhang, X. (eds) 2021 International Conference on Applications and Techniques in Cyber Intelligence. ATCI 2021. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1398. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79200-8_91

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