Ever since Turing’s definition of artificial intelligence as an indistinguishable simulation of humans, it has been characterized as a fiction. Art itself, moreover, is based on fiction, as Pliny’s account of Zeusi and Parrasius describes well: the painter Parrasius wins the competition with Zeusi because he manages to fool the man by simulating a veil…
Art and artificial intelligence
The historical spread of artificial intelligence could bring about a radical change in the art world, paving the way for new currents capable of altering the very coordinates of contemporary art, which today is too marginal to take the lead in the dramatic cultural transformation ahead. The contemporary art context currently consists of a proliferation…
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