颁辞苍迟别尘辫辞谤补谤测听础别蝉迟丑别迟颈肠蝉听invites paper submissions for a Special Volume entitled ‘How will AI Change the聽Field聽of聽Academic聽Aesthetics?’.
Over the past few years, Artificial Intelligence, AI, has increasingly entered our everyday lives聽and different versions聽of聽it are changing our聽political, medical, economic, creative,聽recreational聽and many other聽practices.聽It is impossible not to use and be affected by AI because our cars, smartphones, factories, and electrical networks, for example, are dependent on it.
The broad聽field聽of聽aesthetics, spanning聽the whole varied聽spectrum聽of聽art鈥搉on-art,聽has聽also been affected by this聽process,聽and scholars聽of聽aesthetics聽have increasingly turned their attention to the implications聽of聽AI. A few examples include Lev Manovich & Emanuele Arielli鈥檚 series聽of聽texts 鈥淎rtificial聽Aesthetics: A Critical Guide to AI, Media and Design鈥� (2021-2024); Eduardo Navas鈥� book聽The Rise聽of聽Metacreativity 鈥� An聽Aesthetics聽after Remix聽(2023); Special Issue聽of聽AI and Society, n. 26, vol. 4 (2021); Andrew Samo & Scott Highhouse鈥檚 article 鈥滱rtificial intelligence and art: Identifying the aesthetic judgment factors that distinguish human- and machine-generated artwork鈥� (2023); and the recent debate on the website 鈥淎esthetics聽for birds鈥� (2023). On 14 December 2023, the Google search engine gave聽3,020,000,000聽results on the search 鈥淎I and art鈥� and聽405,000,000聽on 鈥淎I and聽aesthetics鈥�, and the numbers are constantly growing.聽
Often, the current debate is devoted to assessing the nature and value of art generated by AI. This special issue of Contemporary Aesthetics has a different and more tightly focused aim. We would like to investigate how the phenomena and implications of AI affect a specific area of aesthetics, namely the academic discipline. The core questions orienting this call for papers address the future of aesthetics. How will researching, writing, studying, learning, and teaching aesthetics happen in the age of AI? How to use AI responsibly, or sensibly, in an academic field that is challenged by new elements entering it after it has evolved in very different ways over the past centuries? What kinds of AI technologies are used now and in the future and how will they transform our field? What will remain unchanged and why?
Areas聽of聽interest can be, but are not limited to, the following:
鈥擜I’s Role Beyond Its Traditional Domains: What areas聽of聽AI,聽traditionally applied to other聽fields聽of聽research,聽can have a role in the development聽of聽academic聽aesthetics?聽
鈥擧uman-AI Collaboration in聽Aesthetics: What kind聽of聽contribution the human agent can or must provide in this framework?
鈥擡nhancing Aesthetic Literature with AI: How can traditional and contemporary aesthetic literature benefit from AI-fueled research?聽
鈥擱evisiting Aesthetic History through AI: Is it possible to re-write the history聽of聽aesthetics聽through AI?
鈥擡ducational Transformation via AI: What are the educational implications聽of聽AI in the聽field聽of聽aesthetics?
鈥擯otential Risks聽of聽AI in聽Aesthetics: What kinds聽of聽risks does AI pose?
Submission details:
The deadline for submissions is聽30 June 2024.
Please send the submissions and inquiries to:听gioialaura.iannilli2@unibo.it
The maximum length is 7,000 words including endnotes and abstract. Please follow carefully the submission guidelines聽of聽颁辞苍迟别尘辫辞谤补谤测听础别蝉迟丑别迟颈肠蝉:听https://contempaesthetics.org/submissions/.
The guest editors for the issue are Gioia Laura Iannilli (Bologna University) and Ossi Naukkarinen (Aalto University), with co-editor Enrico Glerean (Aalto University).