%0 Journal Article %T AI and Zen: AI Films as Reflections on Reality and Illusion %A Jun Yu %A Bo Zhang %J Art and Design Review %P 120-128 %@ 2332-2004 %D 2023 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/adr.2023.112009 %X The paper provides an analysis of how AI-themed films reflect on the question of reality and illusion, and how these reflections resonate with the ancient Zen philosophy in a vivid way. The reality of the world, human distinctiveness, and ˇ°selfˇ± are discussed by comparing the metaphors in AI-themed films and the philosophy of Zen. %K AI %K Zen %K Reality and Illusion %K AI-Themed Films %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=125003