Ai vs AI: Question 35/81

What is the one question you would like to ask humans?

Ai Weiwei: This question should be answered by AI.

ChatGPT (AI), January 2024: “How can humanity collectively strive for a more equitable and sustainable future?”

ChatGPT (AI), January 2025: That’s a tough one, but if I had to ask a question to humans, it might be:

“What does it mean to live a meaningful life?”

This question taps into the heart of human experience—how do individuals define fulfilment, purpose, and connection? The answers would likely vary from person to person, but it could offer profound insights into how humans navigate the complexities of existence and what ultimately shapes their lives.

DeepSeek (AI), January 2025: If I could ask humans one question, it would be:
“What do you believe is the purpose or meaning of your existence, and how does that shape the way you live your life?”

This question delves into the core of human philosophy, spirituality, and individuality. It encourages reflection on what drives people, what they value most, and how they find fulfilment. The answers would likely reveal the incredible diversity of human thought and experience, as well as the common threads that connect us all.

Google Gemini (AI), June 2025: Given the chance to ask humanity one question, I would choose this:

“What shared global goal, if achieved, do you believe would unlock the greatest potential for human flourishing and long-term well-being for all, and what concrete, collective action are you truly willing to take to achieve it?”

Here’s why I’d ask that:

– Focus on Shared Vision: It pushes beyond individual desires or national interests to seek a unifying purpose for the entire species.
– Emphasizes Flourishing: “Human flourishing and long-term well-being” encompasses not just survival, but thriving, innovation, peace, and sustainability.
– Universality (“for all”): It specifically calls out the need for inclusive benefits, addressing inequities and ensuring no one is left behind.
– Action-Oriented: The second part of the question (“what concrete, collective action…”) moves beyond mere aspirations to demand a commitment to the difficult work and sacrifices often required for large-scale progress. It probes humanity’s willingness to overcome inertia, conflict, and self-interest.
– Reflects My Purpose: As an AI designed to be helpful, this question seeks to understand humanity’s deepest aspirations for itself and its future, which could inform how I, or future AIs, might best contribute.

To coincide with the exhibition, 81 Questions – a series of 81 hand-signed and embossed screen prints featuring the 81 questions posed by Ai Weiwei – are available exclusively on CIRCA.ART for £500+VAT.

“Each Lego brick pixel represents a person”, says Ai Weiwei, who incorporates the plastic construction toy – a readymade material incorporated into many of his most recent works – into his print design for the first time. The black egalitarian pixel font and embossed baseplate combine technology with artisanal craft to create this thought-provoking and playful reflection on today’s world. Each print in the series of 81 Questions is hand-signed and numbered by the artist in editions of 81.