Key points
- The first book-length media-theory and aesthetics treatment of generative AI's effect on art and visual media.
- It addresses authorship, creativity myths and aesthetic alignment across nine open-access chapters.
- Manovich's chapter on who is an artist in the AI era directly frames questions animation students raise.
Summary
Lev Manovich and Emanuele Arielli's Artificial Aesthetics: Generative AI, Art and Visual Media (2024) is the first book-length treatment of the aesthetic and media-theory questions raised by generative AI. Distributed as an open-access PDF, it covers authorship, creativity, aesthetic alignment, and the cultural politics of AI-generated images across nine chapters. Manovich's analysis of who counts as an artist in an era of AI-assisted creation directly addresses questions that arise in animation studio critique and student-facing teaching.
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Source
Source: Manovich and Arielli (open-access book) ↗ (Research)
Cite this item
Manovich, L. & Arielli, E. (2024). ‘Artificial Aesthetics: Generative AI, Art and Visual Media’, Manovich and Arielli (open-access book). Available at: https://manovich.net/content/04-projects/186-artificial-aesthetics/manovich_and_arielli.artificial_aesthetics.all_chapters_final.pdf
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