CG-Art: demystifying the anthropocentric bias of artistic creativity
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The following aesthetic discussion examines in a philosophical-scientific way the relationship between computation and artistic creativity. Currently, there is a criticism about the possible artistic creativity that an algorithm could have. Supporting the above, the term computer-generated art (CG-Art) defined by Margaret Boden would seem to have no exponents yet. Moreover, it has been pointed out that, rather than a matter of primitive technological development, CG-Art would have in its very foundations the inability to exist. This, because art is considered as one of the most unique and exclusive human manifestations of our species. On the contrary, I propose that the denial of CG-Art has an anthropocentric bias. For this, I use the recent studies that, from the cognitive sciences, have been carried out on artistic creativity. In this way, I intend to convince the reader that behind the denial of the creative artistic capacity to the machines, a negationist mysticism of the current scientific advances necessarily lies.
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- Authors
- Arriagada, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Chile (CL)
- Corresponding author
- Arriagada, Leonardo
- ORCID
- Arriagada, Leonardo
- Venue
- Connection Science
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2020-03-17
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 398-405
- ISSN
- 0954-0091 (ISSN-L)
- 1360-0494
- OpenAlex
- W3011295465
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 10
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- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Universidad de Chile (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Art, Technology, and Culture
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Cybernetics and Technology in Society
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art
- Keywords
- computer art, artistic creativity, anthropocentrism, algorithmic creativity, Margaret Boden, philosophy of art, negationism
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