Towards an Automated Art? Learning Machines, Human Creativity and Uncertainty

Luis D. Rivero-Moreno (ed.) |  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0494-379X

Helena Barranha (ed.) |  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0250-1020

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Recent advances in the development and global dissemination of artificial intelligence (AI) have fostered renewed debates concerning the relationship between art and digital technologies. Cultural practices are becoming increasingly controlled by algorithmic calculations and automated processes. It is reasonable to predict that, in the near future, AI systems may be capable of autonomous decision-making, producing new creative forms without direct human intervention.

Corporate and political discourses have largely normalised technology as neutral, unstoppable and universally beneficial. Nevertheless, such techno-deterministic approaches tend to be biased and to obscure the profound and often devastating social and environmental impacts of new technologies. As a counterpoint to such narratives, this book emphasises the fundamental importance of critical thinking in the interpretation, use and shaping of emerging technologies. The central question is not how AI can shape artistic practices, but rather how artists can lead the way towards more diverse, creative and humane technological development.

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Rivero-Moreno, L.D. & Barranha, H. (eds.) (2026) Towards an Automated Art? Learning Machines, Human Creativity and Uncertainty. Lisbon: IHA-NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST. Online