The Silicon Brain

Humans often project their own cognitive frameworks onto artificial intelligence, imagining that AI “sees” or “understands” the world as we do. In truth, AI operates through algorithms — processing images and data not with perception, but with mathematical logic. The outputs it generates may imitate human-like responses, yet they lack genuine sensory experience or consciousness. As a fully human-made construct, AI’s “thoughts” and development are not self-derived but entirely shaped by human design, reflecting our biases, limitations, and thinking patterns.

Our project explores this complex relationship through a rational and critical lens, aiming to dismantle popular misconceptions and encourage deeper reflection on AI’s true nature. By highlighting the contrast between artificial and human cognition, we hope to provide a platform for dialogue about future coexistence — one that recognises AI not as an imitation of humanity, but as a fundamentally different system shaped by us, for us.