@article{ART002406159},
author={Lee, Daun},
title={TV Dramas in the Post-Human Era―Focusing on “Are You Human?”},
journal={Journal of Popular Narrative},
issn={1738-3188},
year={2018},
volume={24},
number={4},
pages={261-290},
doi={10.18856/jpn.2018.24.4.009}
TY - JOUR
AU - Lee, Daun
TI - TV Dramas in the Post-Human Era―Focusing on “Are You Human?”
JO - Journal of Popular Narrative
PY - 2018
VL - 24
IS - 4
PB - The Association of Popular Narrative
SP - 261
EP - 290
SN - 1738-3188
AB - ‘Post-human’ involves human beings beyond the human, collectively referring to those who are conditioned to live a completely unconventional life in comparison with human beings both in the past and present, due to the advancement of science and technology. A post-human era, when Heidegger’s proposition of being-towards-death would sound unsubstantiated, heralds an epoch-making transformation that could substantially obliterate the thinking and identity accumulated by Homo sapiens. In the same vein, Korean society has witnessed a gain of attention to AI and Industry 4.0 since the ‘AlphaGo Shock’, while television dramas are unfolding fully-fledged post-human imagination.
Particularly, “Are You Human?” presents the episodes of an imaginary AI humanoid robot situated in a Korean society based on post-humanist imagination. “Are You Human?” raises a question about humanity by re-enacting the depravity of humans who deny their humanity in juxtaposition with an AI robot that tries to be a real human by preserving the qualities of humanity. Also, the drama explores how to treat and coexist with a ‘machine-human’ that has acquired desires and a spontaneous will.
“Are You Human?” explores a view that we should not treat an android in human form that has acquired human ways of thinking as nothing but a piece of machine. Rather it suggests that we must allow it a status similar or equal to that of a human. Moreover, the drama depicts a post-humanist agent, who breaks down the adamant normative boundary separating humans and organisms from non-humans and fabricated items by the portrayal of a human having true love for a ‘machine-human’. In conclusion, “Are You Human?” indicates a method of thought for a post-human era by suggesting a cross-sectional subjectivity nullifying the solid idea that only humans can be the subject.
KW - Post-human;Post-humanism;AI;Robot;SF;Humanity;Subjectivity
DO - 10.18856/jpn.2018.24.4.009
ER -
Lee, Daun. (2018). TV Dramas in the Post-Human Era―Focusing on “Are You Human?”. Journal of Popular Narrative, 24(4), 261-290.
Lee, Daun. 2018, "TV Dramas in the Post-Human Era―Focusing on “Are You Human?”", Journal of Popular Narrative, vol.24, no.4 pp.261-290. Available from: doi:10.18856/jpn.2018.24.4.009
Lee, Daun "TV Dramas in the Post-Human Era―Focusing on “Are You Human?”" Journal of Popular Narrative 24.4 pp.261-290 (2018) : 261.
Lee, Daun. TV Dramas in the Post-Human Era―Focusing on “Are You Human?”. 2018; 24(4), 261-290. Available from: doi:10.18856/jpn.2018.24.4.009
Lee, Daun. "TV Dramas in the Post-Human Era―Focusing on “Are You Human?”" Journal of Popular Narrative 24, no.4 (2018) : 261-290.doi: 10.18856/jpn.2018.24.4.009
Lee, Daun. TV Dramas in the Post-Human Era―Focusing on “Are You Human?”. Journal of Popular Narrative, 24(4), 261-290. doi: 10.18856/jpn.2018.24.4.009
Lee, Daun. TV Dramas in the Post-Human Era―Focusing on “Are You Human?”. Journal of Popular Narrative. 2018; 24(4) 261-290. doi: 10.18856/jpn.2018.24.4.009
Lee, Daun. TV Dramas in the Post-Human Era―Focusing on “Are You Human?”. 2018; 24(4), 261-290. Available from: doi:10.18856/jpn.2018.24.4.009
Lee, Daun. "TV Dramas in the Post-Human Era―Focusing on “Are You Human?”" Journal of Popular Narrative 24, no.4 (2018) : 261-290.doi: 10.18856/jpn.2018.24.4.009
