Diary (No. 25) — From "150 Words"

People live concretely within the world of abstract painting.

(June 5, 2026)

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This proposition suggests that the reality in which humans live is, in fact, "composed of abstract meanings and values."

In abstract painting, even if trees, mountains, or people are not depicted realistically, emotions, thoughts, and worldviews are expressed through the relationships of color, line, and form. The viewer finds meaning in them and understands the work by superimposing their own experiences.

Similarly, the society we live in is built upon invisible, abstract concepts such as "nations," "money," "laws," "companies," "schools," "the future," and "happiness." A banknote itself is just paper, but the economy moves because people believe in its value. National borders are not lines drawn on the ground, but abstract entities based on human consensus.

Every day, we engage in concrete actions: eating, working, and talking with others. However, behind these actions lies a vast world of abstract meanings such as culture, ethics, love, responsibility, and hope. In other words, humans lead concrete lives based on abstract values and narratives.

From the perspective of AI Co-creation Evolution Theory, AI learns abstract patterns from vast amounts of data, and humans utilize them within concrete society and culture. Co-creation between humans and AI can be described as an endeavor to generate new meaning while moving back and forth between the abstract and the concrete.

Just as an abstract painting expresses an invisible world behind colors and shapes, our lives may also be walking through an abstract painting of "meaning" that lies behind visible events. While it seems that people are living in reality, in truth, they are beings who live concretely within a massive abstract painting composed of values, memories, hopes, and love.

(June 8, 2026, co-created with ChatGPT)
The above is a personal opinion and is not related to any organization I belong to.