TY - JOUR
T1 - AI’s Role in Creative Processes
T2 - A Functionalist Approach
AU - Arriagada, Leonardo
AU - Arriagada-Bruneau, Gabriela
N1 - Leonardo Arriagada, PhD (c) University of Groningen and Universidad de Chile
Leonardo Salvador Arriagada Beltrán (Chile, 1986) holds a PhD (c) from the University of Groningen, a PhD (c) in Philosophy with a major in Aesthetics and Art Theory from the University of Chile, and an MA in Contemporary Thought: Philosophy and Political Thought from the Universidad Diego Portales. He is a scholarship holder of the Chilean National Agency for Research and Development (ANID). He is a member of the Netherlands Research School for Literary Studies (OSL). At the Nederland Digitaal 2021 Conference, he was awarded by the Dutch State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Change—Mona Keijzer—with the Noorden Digitaal Talent Award for Best Discovery and the People's Choice Award. He is currently an ambassador for this distinction. He investigates aesthetically computer-generated art (CG-art) defending the thesis that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can create art. In Chile, he has been awarded projects from the National Fund for Cultural Development and the Arts (FONDART). He strives to disseminate his ideas beyond scientific articles, participating in events open to the general public.
Gabriela Arriagada-Bruneau, Universidad Católica de Chile
Gabriela Arriagada Bruneau is an Assistant Professor at the Instituto de Éticas Aplicadas (IEA UC) and the Instituto de Matemática Computacional (IMC UC) of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is a young researcher at the National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA) and Latin America Lead for the World Ethical Data Foundation (WEDF). She has a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, a Master of Science in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds, England. She is also the Director of Applied Ethics at the think tank ‘Pensar en red’ in Chile. Her main research areas are Applied Ethics, which focuses on fairness, bias, explainability, and trustworthiness. Her current research is dedicated to reframing the problem of bias in data science. She is also interested in feminist perspectives applied to disruptive technologies and the problems of the digital divide, particularly in Latin America.
PY - 2022/8/24
Y1 - 2022/8/24
N2 - From 1950 onwards, the study of creativity has not stopped. Today, AI has revitalised debates on the subject. That is especially controversial in the artworld, as the 21st century already features AI-generated artworks. Without discussing issues about AI agency, this article argues for AI’s creativity. For this, we first present a new functionalist understanding of Margaret Boden’s definition of creativity. This is followed by an analysis of empirical evidence on anthropocentric barriers in the perception of AI’s creative capabilities, which is later criticised for considering insights from media theory. Finally, benefits derived from including AI as an artistic creative producer and supportive tool are discussed. It is then argued that AI can contribute to democratising the artworld. Therefore its creative role must be recognised.
AB - From 1950 onwards, the study of creativity has not stopped. Today, AI has revitalised debates on the subject. That is especially controversial in the artworld, as the 21st century already features AI-generated artworks. Without discussing issues about AI agency, this article argues for AI’s creativity. For this, we first present a new functionalist understanding of Margaret Boden’s definition of creativity. This is followed by an analysis of empirical evidence on anthropocentric barriers in the perception of AI’s creative capabilities, which is later criticised for considering insights from media theory. Finally, benefits derived from including AI as an artistic creative producer and supportive tool are discussed. It is then argued that AI can contribute to democratising the artworld. Therefore its creative role must be recognised.
KW - Creativity
KW - artificial intelligence
KW - functionalism
KW - CG-art
KW - democratisation
M3 - Article
SN - 2465-1060
VL - 8
SP - 77
EP - 110
JO - Odradek. Studies in Philosophy of Literature, Aesthetics, and New Media Theories
JF - Odradek. Studies in Philosophy of Literature, Aesthetics, and New Media Theories
IS - 1
ER -