Human-Computer Interaction. Design and User Experience, 2020

In this paper I set out to present a series of categories for artists working with and about Artificial Intelligence [AI]. My approach is more observational than rigidly taxonomic. Having the opportunity to curate a substantial exhibition on this topic, I undertook a year long program of research which encompassed and extended into lengthy conversations with many artists working internationally in the field. This culminated in the exhibition "Future Intelligence" at Tank Museum, Shanghai, 13 December 2019 to 5 January 2020. A number of distinct themes and sub-themes became apparent through this research: Aesthetic and Philosophical, Representation, Identity and Self Awareness, AI and A-life, and Interpretation and Narrative are the major themes. As one would expect, many of the artists and their works explore multiple themes. Additionally, as with all media art practice, artists utilise a large range of diverse approaches to the application of interfaces for audience engagement and interaction, hence I have briefly examined these structurally but not within the thematics. I make specific reference to many, but not all of the artworks that featured in the exhibition as well as a number of other artists and artworks. The paper also presents somewhat of a limited survey of current international practice over the last three years, without attempting to be exhaustive. A more exhaustive list of artists working with AI can be found at AIArtists.org; the global directory of artists working in this field [1].

Poetics of Artificial Intelligence in Art Practice: (Mis)apprehended Bodies Remixed as Language, 2022

With a focus on the last five years, art employing artificial intelligence (AI) has been defined by a spectrum of activity, from the deep learning explorations of neural network researchers to artists critiquing the broader social implications of AI technology. There is an emergence of and increasing access to new tools and techniques for repurposing and manipulating material in unprecedented ways in art. At the same time, there is a dearth of language outside the scientific domain with which to discuss it. A combination of contextual review, comparison of artistic approaches, and practical projects explore speculation that the conceptual repertoire for remix studies can open up to art enabled by AI and machine learning (ML).

Exploring artistic frontiers in the era of artificial intelligence, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a groundbreaking force in the world of art, redefining the boundaries of creativity and offering new experiences. This article focuses on exploring the impressive realm of artistic endeavors shaped by AI and how it has changed the traditional art paradigm. The materials and techniques used in artworks produced by AI surpass traditional boundaries, incorporating elements such as virtual and augmented reality, robot technologies, and 3D printing. These approaches make significant contributions to the art world, expanding the boundaries of artistic expression and supporting the creative process for artists. Additionally, AI makes art more accessible to a broader audience, promoting inclusivity. However, these innovations also lead to significant debates in the art world. Questions about the reality of AI-generated art, the role of the artist in this process, and the future of art in the age of AI are prominent. AI-supported or AI-generated art redraws boundaries across a spectrum ranging from complex digital landscapes to interactive installations. The impact and future trajectory of these approaches depend on evolving values in the art world and society at large, holding the potential to transform artistic paradigms at the intersection of technological innovation and creative expression.

Art, AI and Culture, 2022

This is a low resolution preview of a book. If you find it useful or interesting, please consider buying a copy. Art, AI and Culture interrogates the aesthetic heritage of Modernism as it informs contemporary cultural applications of AI which demonstrate there is no escape from the kaleidoscopic lineage of colonialism where the status of "human" and all the rights that entails were withheld from the colonized in general, and from slaves, labor, and women specifically. This analysis theorizes the social identity threat posed by AI's challenges to existing social, cultural, political, and economic orders. Digital technology is not exempt from this historical lineage that transforms familiar questions of economic displacement caused by machine learning and digital automation into new battles in an on-going conflict over social status and position. This cultural approach to AI reveals the ways that it transforms expressions of identity, leisure and luxury into opportunities for profit extraction. Social phenomena, (including racism, sexism, and nationalism), capture individuals in a web of systemic control where digital automation provides a mechanism preserving the existing hierarchies and social status that it might otherwise challenge. Drawing on a reconception of capitalism as a proxy for social status and position, this study critiques the fantasy that replacing all human labor will create a fully automated luxury utopia without bias, oppression, or social change.

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New Frontiers of AI Art, 2025

Art generated or heavily assisted by artificial intelligence—AI art for short—is an emerging, though swiftly developing field that machines and computer programs have decisively entered. AI technologies flourish, favoring a technological development of creative processes and products in ever new directions (Cetinic & She, 2021). These days, AI is reshaping art, or, at least the art scene: Musicians and movie makers use AI applications for composition purposes, fashion designers for fabric patterns, and architects for the conception of new buildings. Photographers even use AI for choosing a subject, whereas visual artists employ AI algorithms to generate prints imitating the style of a famous painting, and as a mere technical aid. Graffiti sprayers in London’s art district have likewise started using AI plastering robots. As the examples illustrate, AI is not only altering the current ways of making art, but is also yielding something like an AI art. For, what can we call robot-aided compositions? Such pieces are still, however, uncommon. A decisive invasion of the “muses of thinking machines” in the form of autonomous, yet intriguing art pieces is still lagging behind such state of art robotics. Those that already exist are widely seen as mere gimmicks trying to gain some attention. The discrepancies evangelistic claims make with respect to the actual achievements contribute to this perception. The focus is still on trying to reduce creativity to some well-identified, domain-specific tasks. Art, however, resists such an easy translation into algorithms, offering a sui generis breeding ground for a plurality of meanings and the nourishment of ambiguity, thus often eluding axiomatic reductions.

SOCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ART CHALLENGES OF THE ‘NEW NORMAL’ Edited by Iris Vidmar Jovanović and Valentina Marianna Stupnik, 2022

My chapter explores the impact of artificial intelligence on art creation and on the manners in which AI art challenges our understanding of beauty and artistic value

Taboo Transgression Transcendence in Art & Science 2018, 2019

Discussions on the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) in the production of art have gained attention in recent years. In this paper, we critically address the binary narratives surrounding AI that ponder it either as tool or as agent of artistic production. Later, we discuss the general idea of AI systems as potentially replacing humans in different endeavors by presenting some arguments posited by Artificial Intelligence expert Kai-Fu Lee. Afterwards, we submit the idea of AI as artistic medium by drawing from discussions on the concept of medium in art. We show that the issue of AI-tool versus AI-agent is a continuous narrative that dates back to the so-called algorithmic art or computer art of the 1960s and 70s. We then tie the idea of artistic medium with the issue of artistic agency and artistic identity.

Artificial intelligence (A.I.) and Art, 2022

Technosphere is characterized by a switch from nature into a new, machine operated, realm of technology. What humanity is facing in its modernity is the transition from a human to a posthuman state of rule which is run by artificial intelligence (A.I.) and performed by artificial life (A.L.). In his work “The Inhuman”, Jean-Francois Lyotard reflects on the dominance of a new logic of techno-science over mankind. That notion binds the idea of the end of mankind as we know it. Technology is not neutral, it’s not simply a way of transmitting information in the service of mankind, it’s more than that, technology forms its new own being and with it a new technological language. Contemporary society is no longer determined by the concept of the spirit, or what Walter Benjamin calls “aura”, but rather by the logic of techno-science in its total rule over the entire space and time of the world. With the technologies of the new digital era a new question arises in the field of philosophy of art which until their appearance was considered as sublime. Artificial intelligence (A.I.) and artificial life (A.L.), through the connection of biotechnology and computing machines, appear as a new immaterial creation of life. Their space of action is virtual space, their time of action is instantaneous