Abstract
The increasing prevalence of AI-generated media, including deepfakes, AI-generated art, and virtual influencers, raises fundamental questions about the nature of human identity. As AI-generated media becomes more sophisticated, it challenges traditional notions of identity, selfhood, and humanity. With the emergence of AI-generated media, society is rapidly evolving into a technosphere, fostering an increasing dependence on technological systems. In this environment, human authenticity and self-expression are gradually being displaced by artificial representations, leaving humanity increasingly reliant on digitally constructed realities.
This growing dependence reflects aspects of the posthumanist projects advanced by thinkers such as Friedrich Nietzsche and Norbert Wiener, both of whom envisioned forms of humanity capable of transcending conventional limitations. For Nietzsche, this aspiration is embodied in the Übermensch (Superman), who overturns inherited moral values, while for Wiener it is represented by the cybernetic organism, or cyborg. Our attachment to AI-generated media shapes self-perception, manipulates emotions, misrepresents originality, and distorts human diversity. In light of these developments, this paper asks how individuals negotiate and construct their identities in an era dominated by AI-generated media, and what implications these technologies have for self-representation and human identity. The study explores the impact of AI-generated media on human identity, examining its implications for our understanding of the self, agency, authenticity, and what it means to be human.
Keywords: AI-generated Media, Human Identity, Digital Identity, Artificial Intelligence, Identity Formation
Authors:
Uchenna Azubuike Ezeogu PhD.
School of General Studies (Philosophy)
Nigeria Maritime University Okerenkoko, Warri South West Local Government Area
Delta State Nigeria.
Phone: +2348037846233
Email: ucheinchrist2000@gmail.com
Kevin Nfor, PhD.
Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences(FLSH), University of
Douala-Cameroon.
Email: nforkevin63@gmail.com
phone: +237679762795