The Human Code is a research-driven film about the future of education, young people, and preserving oneself as an individual in the era of information technology and artificial intelligence. «The main problem of our time and of our world is the loss of the ability to hear and understand. The world has an excess of information and ready-made template answers, and an extreme shortage of the questions themselves, of depth, and new meanings,» Andrei Korol noted. "That is why it is so important to teach people not so much to consume as to create and discover. For me, this project has become a new form of communication with young people, a channel for conveying the importance of discovering one’s unique qualities. Today it is important to use every opportunity for this, both traditional and modern, in order to be heard and understood by the current generation, regardless of age or profession. Our time is oversaturated with technology, there is less and less social connection, and there is a need for each person to reveal themselves as a unique individual capable of thinking, reflecting, and feeling. Only a human being is capable of this, not a machine. That is precisely what the premiere film is about, in terms of its underlying idea.
«The rector expressed his appreciation to the young Belarusian director Veronika Tkachenko for inviting him to take part in the film, for her professionalism, her creative approach to presenting scientific topics, and for the opportunity to be heard by an audience beyond the circle of teachers and students. The director is a BSU graduate, and she admitted that she too senses the growing presence of artificial intelligence in everyday life. «Looking at my own circle, I see how the value of face-to-face communication is being eroded, how emotions increasingly resemble algorithms, and how genuine knowledge is becoming illusory, since information technology does more and more in place of the person. Even at university, we had interactive classes whose concept was proposed by the rector. Above all, those classes were centered on the student as an individual and on his or her particular qualities,» Veronika Tkachenko noted.
According to her, during her years of study at BSU she found the rector’s reflections on education deeply resonant. «In his publications and his artistic works, he constantly emphasizes the importance of preserving oneself and striving for self-development in an era of never-ending information noise. But what struck me most was not his theoretical legacy, but his practical activity. I saw how he conducts heuristic classes with students, communicates with them as equals, and speaks in a simple language that everyone can understand. That always inspires trust. So when the opportunity arose to take part in the film festival, the choice of protagonist was obvious to me,» the director stated.
Aleksandr Karlyukevich, Chairman of the Belarusian Union of Writers, shared his views in the film on the role of the book and on the portrait of the «person of the future». Students also took part in the film, talking about what helps them avoid getting lost in an information-saturated world. One of them was Aleksandra Bogdanova, a student at the BSU Faculty of Geography and Geoinformatics. The young woman is convinced that artificial intelligence will never be able to replace a teacher. «Artificial intelligence can be a useful assistant in learning. But a teacher is first and foremost a human being, and when working with young people, live communication, human warmth and emotions are especially important,» she said.
