Golem & AI: Technologically Advanced Monsters

Abstract

Today, the phenomenon of the golem becomes a symbol of technological progress,
especially in the form of modern android robots, raising important questions about
technological singularity, subjectivity, and authorship (as presented in a number of
legislative and regulatory documents). Creepy examples of golems in mythology,
scientific and journalistic literature, performances, or modern technological
experiments evoke feelings of fear and cause cognitive dissonance (the uncanny
valley effect), which serves as a protective human reaction to the ‘behaviour of
artificial monsters’. However, modern practices of organising the creative process
using a brain-computer interface are taking on special characteristics, given the
merging of humans and AI into a single organism. After all, in such practices,
it is extremely difficult to determine the creativity of a technological golem
and the corresponding risks to humans. Therefore, the article raises important
questions about the potential misuse and abuse of AI’s technological capabilities
in the production process, summarises legal and regulatory aspects, and considers
possible future scenarios for the development of humanity in the context of
transhumanist ideas.