Introduction

This special issue of Technophany explores the profound intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Creativity. The volume challenges traditional human-centric notions of creativity, examining the philosophical and ethical dimensions of AI-generated artistic output. It focuses on computational creativity, which is the study and development of algorithms capable of performing tasks considered creative if done by humans, and its role in augmenting and transforming human expression. Discover how AI compels us to reconsider the essence of creativity and the evolving relationship between humans and machines.

With texts by Anna Longo, AA Cavia, Betti Marenko, Roberto Bottazzi, Renzo Filinich and Christo Doherty, Sebastian Rozenberg, Keith Tilford, Ella Dawn McGeough and Brendan Flanagan, Ami Clarke

Technophany is founded in view of the need to create a singular and unconventional space for reflections on philosophy and technology, which is diminishing today due to dogmatic academic practices and their reluctance to confront challenges imposed by the industrial world. Technophany aims to facilitate original reflections and provocations on the philosophy and history of technology, and contribute to the reshaping of the contemporary landscape of thought.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Anna Longo

Art & Language After AI

AA Cavia

Grand Theft

Autoencoder
Keith Tilford

From Continuous to Discrete to Continuous –

Text-to-Image Models as Limit to Indeterminate Phantasy 
Sebastian Rozenberg

Creativity, Co-evolution and Co-production: The Machine as Art and as Artist 
Renzo Filinich and Christo Doherty

Expanded Design: Creativity, Machine Learning and Urban Design
Roberto Bottazzi

Nonknowledge in Computation. Reflecting on Irrevocable Uncertainty
Betti Marenko

Creation Without Creativity: Decentering Machine Aesthetics
Ella Dawn McGeough and Brendan Flanagan

Contingency: Thinking Through Assemblages in a Posthuman Vein
Ami Clarke