In anticipation of The Human Impact of the AI Revolution: Chinese and Western Perspectives, this series brings together reflections on how artificial intelligence is reshaping core dimensions of human life. Organized around three themes—human uniqueness, the future of intimacy, and human–machine interaction—the series explores what remains distinctively human, how AI is transforming relationships and intimacy, and how people and machines interact across domains such as education, art, and spirituality.
Response: Beyond Computation: How AI's Limitations Reveal What Makes Human Intelligence Unique
Bhagya Samarakoon
April 28, 2026
Response: Should Buddhists Understand AI as "Upāya" or "Kalyāṇamitra"?
Stefania Travagnin
April 28, 2026
Response: A Confucian Critique of AI (Perpetual) Friendship
Bella Pei Wang
April 15, 2026
Response: AI Systems as a Mirror to Reaffirm the Significance of Human Storytelling
Guobin Yang
April 15, 2026
Response: Biopolitical Intimacy: The Evolution of “Humanness” in China’s Virtual Anchor Industry
Fen Jennifer Lin
April 15, 2026
Response: How Confucian Communism Can (and Should) Inform Human-Machine Interaction
Daniel Bell
April 15, 2026
Bhagya Samarakoon
April 15, 2026
Response: Intimacy as a Quality of Attending: A Buddhist Perspective
Peter D. Hershock
April 15, 2026
Response: Intimacy in the Age of AI: Companionship, Dependence, and the Limits of Machine Connection
Bhagya Samarakoon
April 15, 2026
Kai-wen Cheng
April 15, 2026
Response: The Bright Machine and the Dim Human: 明道若昧 in the Age of AI
Robin R. Wang
April 15, 2026
Response: What AI Cannot Know
Magali Goirand
April 15, 2026
