Virtuality, simulation and fake

The technical development and philosophical criticism of virtual anchors

Authors

  • Feng Tao
  • Yunyu Dang Nankai University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2022.Especial.13527

Keywords:

Virtual anchor.Artificial Intelligence. Simulation.False. Cultural industry.

Abstract

As a real-life application of a “virtual human,” virtual anchors refer to the application of virtual reality technology in communication hosting to create virtual images that simulate human anchors. The pursuit of a virtual human image originates from philosophy, art, and biotechnology. Virtual anchors are also required to undertake the function of communication and hosting. First, by sorting out the development process of virtual anchors, we find that the development of a virtual anchor is based on the needs of technological development and the purpose of capital profit. Second, the simulation technology of a virtual anchor has five dimensions, such as appearance, individuality, and autonomy, and two levels: internal and external. This simulation technology has reached the intelligent simulation stage. Finally, the technology involved in virtual anchors will lead to a trust crisis. That is, the people's body-mind relation and cognitive trust will be broken under the mediation of data. Virtual technology will recreate a false aura, that is, false space-time and fake original works, which is the intelligent falsehood required by the new cultural industry.

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Author Biographies

  • Feng Tao

    Lecturer in the College of Philosophy at Nankai University since 2012 and Associate Professor since 2017 (taofeng@mail.nankai.edu.cn). He majored in Philosophy and Literature at Tsinghua University, Peking University, and obtained his Ph.D. degree at Tsinghua University (2012). He studied at Bonn University and Hawaii University as a visiting scholar. He has released more than 20 English and Chinese articles on AI Art and Aesthetics such as “The Arts of Human Intelligence and the Technology of Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence Visual Art Research” (The Proceedings of ICIS 2018, Springer, EI index) and the Chinese article »How AI Aesthetics Possible « Literature and Art Forum, 2019/7).

  • Yunyu Dang, Nankai University

    A graduate student in College of Philosophy, Nankai University.

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Tao, F., & Dang, Y. (2022). Virtuality, simulation and fake: The technical development and philosophical criticism of virtual anchors. Prometeica - Journal of Philosophy and Science, Especial, 36-51. https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2022.Especial.13527
Received 2022-02-27
Accepted 2022-07-18
Published 2022-08-11