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On October 22, 2026, Ge Jianxiong, a professor at Fudan University, said in a lecture at New York University Shanghai that human value judgments, thoughts and feelings, and beliefs must not be handed over to AI. He said that the "artificial" in AI is real, but that "intelligence" is only simulated, and cited as an example AI fabricating data when writing a paper on Western Han population, explaining that AI can only integrate already digitized information and cannot replace evaluation and belief. He also warned that relying on AI too early will cause memory and critical thinking to deteriorate. A follow-up report on October 24 said that Ge Jianxiong stated in the same lecture that AI has not yet broken through the barrier between science and the humanities and is still at the physical stage; it can be used as a powerful tool, but the humanities should not and cannot be handed over to it, and he advocated using humanistic values to guide the technological application and governance of AI.
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Oct 24
Shanghai Observer
Ge Jianxiong: AI Has Not Yet Broken Through the Barriers Between Science and the Humanities; Don't Rush to Hand "Humans" Over to It
At a lecture titled "Science, Humanities, Life—How to Face the AI Era" at NYU Shanghai, Ge Jianxiong argued that AI has not yet broken through the barriers between science and the humanities and remains at the physical stage; it can be used as a powerful tool, but the humanities should not and cannot be handed over to it. He reminded young students not to rely too early on AI to replace their own thinking exercises, otherwise human intelligence may stop developing or even regress, and advocated guiding AI's technological applications and governance with humanistic values.
Oct 22
Shanghai Observer
Ge Jianxiong: In the AI era, humanity cannot hand value judgments over to AI
At a lecture at NYU Shanghai, Fudan University professor Ge Jianxiong pointed out that AI's artificial is real, but intelligence is only simulated; humanity's value judgments, thoughts and feelings, and beliefs cannot be handed over to AI. He cited an example of AI fabricating data when writing a paper on Western Han population to show that AI can only integrate already-digitized information and cannot replace evaluation and belief. He warned that premature reliance on AI will cause memory and critical thinking to degrade, and questioned the value of a life lived to 300 without using one's brain.