高藤 TALK｜在技术浪潮中，我们正在成为怎样的 Future Me？

在人工智能迅速发展的当下，我们越来越习惯用技术解决问题、提高效率，却也开始反思：当机器能够模拟思考、情感与创造力，人类的独特价值究竟在哪里？在本期 高藤 TALK 中，Yuri、John和Tang从不同角度出发，展开了一场关于「未来自我」的深度思考。

In an era of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence, we have become increasingly accustomed to using technology to solve problems and enhance efficiency. At the same time, however, we are beginning to reflect: when machines are capable of simulating thinking, emotion, and creativity, where does humanity's unique value truly lie? In this episode of SMCS TALK, Yuri, John, and Tang approach this question from different perspectives, engaging in a deep and thought-provoking exploration of the idea of the "Future Me."

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Yuri 的分享，从一段关于“沉默”的经历开始。

曾经的她内向而敏感，在课堂和公共场合中害怕犯错，也害怕被评价。

真正的转折点，出现在一次环境的改变中——新的学校、新的同伴，让她第一次看见一种可能性：有人能够自信表达、逻辑清楚、从容发声。这些榜样没有带来压力，反而点燃了她改变的决心。

她逐渐意识到，

一位老师没有简单安慰她，而是不断给予她表达的机会。每一次发言，都是一次练习：

正是这些积累，让她完成了真正的转变。她强调，成长不是抹去过去的自己，而是在接纳的基础上不断向前延伸。

正如荣格所说：

“

我不是发生在我身上的一切，我是我选择成为的人。

”

Yuri 的分享让我们看到，一种由自我接纳出发、主动向外求索的自驱力。未来的自己，并非凭空出现，而是在一次次选择与练习中，被持续建构而成。

Yuri's talk begins with an experience centered on "silence."

She was once introverted and sensitive, afraid of making mistakes in class or speaking in public, and anxious about being judged. 

The real turning point came with a change of environment—a new school and new peers—which allowed her, for the first time, to see another possibility: people who could express themselves with confidence, speak logically, and voice their thoughts with ease. These role models did not create pressure; instead, they ignited her determination to change.

Gradually, she came to realize that 

expression is not an innate talent, but a skill that can be learned and constructed.

One teacher did not simply comfort her, but consistently created opportunities for her to speak. 

Each time she spoke became a form of practice—from stabilizing her voice and posture, to organizing her thoughts, and ultimately to building trust in herself. 

This was a process that unfolded over several years, accompanied by doubt and struggle.

It was this steady accumulation that led to a genuine transformation. Yuri emphasizes that growth is not about erasing one's past self, but about moving forward through acceptance. 

As Carl Jung once said, 

“

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

”

Yuri's story reveals a form of inner drive that begins with self-acceptance and moves outward through active exploration. The future self does not emerge out of nowhere; it is continuously shaped through repeated choices and deliberate practice.

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如果说 Yuri 的故事聚焦于个人的成长路径，John 的演讲则将视角拉向更宏观的时代背景——数字技术，尤其是 AI，正在如何塑造“未来的我们”。

他提出了一个关键问题：

John 并不否认技术带来的便利，也不沉溺于对未来的恐慌。他指出，

技术既可能带来连接，也可能制造孤独；既可能拓展认知，也可能形成信息茧房。

因此，他强调，未来自我需要坚守三点：

Ⅰ

守护不可被算法化的人类品质

——创造力、同理心、好奇心、爱与宽恕；

Ⅱ

主动思考“技术应该做什么”，

而非被动接受“技术能做什么”；

Ⅲ

在持续变化的世界中，

保持学习与适应的能力。

未来不是人与技术的对抗，而是一场合作。但在这场合作中，人必须始终站在引导的位置。

John 的分享将焦点从技术本身转向人在其中的主体性。他指出，AI 并不可怕，真正的风险在于人是否在便利中放弃了判断与价值选择。技术应当被使用，而非被追随；唯有人类特质与自主思考相结合，未来的自我才真正属于自己。

If Yuri's story focuses on an individual path of growth, John's talk shifts the lens to a broader historical context—how digital technologies, especially AI, are shaping who we may become in the future.

He raises a crucial question:
when AI can write, create, recommend, and even simulate understanding and companionship, where does humanity's unique value truly lie?

John neither denies the convenience technology brings nor indulges in fear about the future. Instead, he points out that the real risk does not come from technology itself, but from whether humans unconsciously surrender their agency.Technology can create connection, but it can also produce loneliness; it can expand cognition, yet also trap us in information bubbles.

For this reason, he emphasizes that the future self must hold fast to three principles:

Ⅰ

to safeguard the human qualities that cannot be algorithmized—

creativity, empathy, curiosity, love, and forgiveness;

Ⅱ
to actively reflect on what technology should do, 

rather than passively accepting what it can do;

Ⅲ
and to maintain the ability to learn and 

adapt in a constantly changing world.

The future is not a confrontation between humans and technology, but a form of collaboration. Yet within this collaboration, humans must always remain in the guiding role.

John's talk shifts the focus from technology itself to human agency within it. AI, he argues, is not inherently frightening; the true danger lies in whether people relinquish judgment and value-based decision-making in the name of convenience. Technology should be used, not followed. Only when human qualities are combined with independent thinking can the future self truly belong to oneself.

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Tang 的演讲，将问题带回到我们最熟悉的日常生活。

作为一名音乐爱好者，他习惯用影像记录现场。但有一次，他选择放下手机，单纯聆听音乐。

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这次体验让他开始反思：

借助瓦尔特·本雅明关于摄影的思想，他指出一个耐人寻味的悖论——

这种张力也体现在当代社会对“真实”的追求中：看似自然的医美、逼真的 AI 影像，甚至被高度表演化的冥想与瑜伽，都在制造可复制的“真实感”，却让真实体验愈发稀缺。

他借用法国哲学家蒙田一句极简却深刻的话回应这一切：

“

当我跳舞时，我就跳舞；当我睡觉时，我就睡觉。

”

真正的真实，

发生在全然投入行动、暂时忘记自我的时刻。

那也是人与世界重新建立连接的起点。

Tang 的分享让我们重新意识到，真实并不等同于被记录。在高度可复制、可展示的时代，真正稀缺的不是影像，而是全然投入当下的能力。当我们暂时放下自我审视与外部凝视，重新回到行动与体验本身，真实才得以发生。

Tang's talk brings the discussion back to the everyday experiences most familiar to us.

As a music lover, he is accustomed to recording live performances through images and videos. Yet on one occasion, he chose to put his phone down and simply listen. That experience prompted a deeper reflection: why are we so obsessed with capturing the present moment?

Drawing on Walter Benjamin's reflections on photography, Tang points to a thought-provoking paradox: 

when we attempt to preserve the present, we often distance ourselves from it. The camera is placed between us and reality; experiences are stored in devices rather than truly entering memory.

This tension is also evident in contemporary society's pursuit of "authenticity." Natural-looking cosmetic procedures, hyper-realistic AI-generated images, and even highly performative forms of meditation and yoga all produce a replicable sense of "realness," while genuine experience becomes increasingly rare.

He responds to this phenomenon with a brief yet profound line from the French philosopher Michel de Montaigne:

“

When I dance, I dance; when I sleep, I sleep.

”

True authenticity, Tang suggests, 

emerges in moments of full immersion—

when we are completely engaged in action and momentarily forget ourselves. 

It is in such moments that our connection with the world is restored.

Tang's speech reminds us that authenticity is not the same as being recorded. In an age of endless reproduction and display, what is truly scarce is not images, but the ability to be fully present. When we set aside self-surveillance and external gazes, and return to action and experience itself, authenticity can finally take place.

从Yuri的自我建构，到John对技术时代人类主体性的守护，再到Tang对真实体验的追问，三位演讲者共同指向一个答案：

From Yuri's journey of self-construction, to John's defense of human agency in a technological age, and finally to Tang's questioning of authentic experience, the three speakers converge on a shared insight: 

the future self is not a pre-designed state of perfection, but a process continually shaped through ongoing choices, active reflection, and genuine experience.

高藤 TALK所关注的，也正是这种面向未来的能力——在变化中保持清醒，在技术中坚守价值，在行动中成为自己。与学生一起，在思考中走向未来。

What SMCS TALK seeks to cultivate is precisely this future-oriented capacity—the ability to remain clear-minded amid change, to uphold values within technology, and to become oneself through action.  Together with students, we move toward the future through thinking and reflection.