The essence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) lies in its intelligence, that is, the ability to learn from big data models and generate wisdom. On the other hand, human beings process wisdom as well, embodied in their flesh, blood and breathing. Breathing reflects the needs, and needs impose limitations. On restless days, focusing on breathing brings us back to the basic instinct of being human. As intelligence is not exclusive to human, in an era where imagery is not a correct depiction of reality, the definition of “human” seems to seek for rethinking. The AI pioneer Joseph Weizenbaum remarked that the danger of Artificial Intelligence does not reside in machines thinking more and more like people, but in people thinking more and more like machines.

A Human Concerto is GayBird’s ninth large-scale multimedia musical production. When everyone is fascinated by how AI imitates and replicates existing models, this work regards artificial intelligence as a performer reflecting the present - "it" can be a speaker who needs not to breathe, a singer with an infinite vocal range, a narrator who understands ten languages, or an actor not confined by gender stereotypes. “It” momentarily collaborates and competes with live performers, interpreting the unique relationship between human beings and technology in a divesting, raveling, conflicting and balancing tug-of-war. Through breath-like pacing, fragmented pieces are assembled into a complete movement, leading the audience to explore the infinite possibilities of art combined with technology and creating a different sense of wholeness.

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人工智能 (AI) 珍貴之處在於智能，也就是從大數據模型中學習並生成智慧；人類也有智慧，更有血有肉有呼吸，由呼吸體現了需要，由需要造成了局限；在心緒不寧的日子集中一呼一吸，回歸人之基本。既然知識不止是人類的產物，在這個有圖未必有真相的年代，除了眼見的事物外，好像連「人」的定義也要重新思考。人工智慧教父約瑟夫‧維森鮑姆 （Joseph Weizenbaum）認為AI的運算方式越來越像人類，但要是人類的思想反而越來越像機器，這就最危險了。

《人類協奏曲》是GayBird的第九個大型媒體音樂表演，當大家着迷於AI如何模仿和複製現有的模式，這個作品把人工智能視為呈現當下的一個表演者——「它」可以是一個說話不用換氣的演講者，或是嗓子音域無限的歌唱家，可以是懂得十種語言的旁述員，又或是不受性別定型的演員；「它」會與現場表演者時而合作時而競爭，彼此扶持也互相奚落，演繹人類與科技掠奪、糾纏、對立、融和的特殊關係。就是這樣的一呼一吸，將零碎的當下從新整合，把碎片變得完整，帶領觀眾探索藝術結合科技的無限可能，塑造另一種圓滿。