Spiritul critic în fața mașinii. Inteligența artificială și viitorul cercetării umaniste
Critical Thinking in the Face of the Machine. Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanities Research

Summary/Abstract: The dialogue on the impact of artificial intelligence on humanities research features Nicoleta Ifrim as its interlocutor, a specialist in philology, director of a doctoral school, and supervisor of doctoral studies. The discussion highlights both the potential and the limitations of AI use in fields such as literature, criticism, and textual interpretation. AI is becoming increasingly present in the humanities, generating not only opportunities but also concerns related to the authentic nature of creation. Literature, understood as an expression of a creative “self” and as a form of profound knowledge, cannot be reduced to mere algorithmic combinations or statistical models. AI can simulate narrative structures, but it cannot reproduce the ontological experience and aesthetic sensitivity that underlie genuine literary creation. On the other hand, artificial intelligence can be usefully integrated into philological research, especially within the framework of digital humanities, where it facilitates the quantitative analysis of texts. The balance between distant reading and close reading remains essential, while the interpretation of data must belong to the human researcher. The dialogue also addresses the ethical implications of AI use in academia, emphasizing the need for transparency and individual responsibility. At the same time, the detection of AI-generated texts remains imperfect, with the risk of errors and misjudgements.

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