Redefining Truth in the Context of AI-Truth Era: A Practice-Led Research of “From Post-Truth to AI-Truth”

The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has deepened the complexity of discerning the truth. Through the techno-art installation “From Post-Truth to AI-Truth” as practical research, AI-automated journalism is applied to the redefinition and shaping of truth, pointing out that the rights of truth definition were transferred. This project illustrated how AI can generate new competing truths based on post-truth news. At the same time, remind people of the methods to discern when faced with information. This research proposes that with technological development, the transformation from “tertiary retention” to “tertiary protention” reveals the possibility of truth diversity. The ethical standards of information communicators and receivers in the post-truth era should also be bound. It deepens people’s understanding of the cross-cultural interaction between post-truth news and AI-automated journalism. It will provide significant insights into the development of the news industry, cultural communication, and emerging technologies, which will help people better cope with the challenges and opportunities of AI technology.