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Introducing Political Ecology of Creative-Ai
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Human Centered Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design, MID. (Creative Media Technology)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1679-6018
2023 (English)In: Handbook of Critical Studies of Artificial Intelligence / [ed] Simon Lindgren, Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter introduces the perspective of political ecology to the application of artificial intelligence to artistic processes (Creative-Ai). Hence, the environmental and social impact of the development and employment of Creative-Ai are the focus of this text, when we consider them as part of an economic system that transforms artistic creation to a commodity. I first analyse specific Creative-Ai cases, and then conduct a speculation that takes Jacques Attali’s writing on the role of music in society as a vantage point, and investigates the environmental and social consequences of an automatic composition network controlled by a large music streaming platform. Whereas the possibilities that emerge from Creative-Ai may be promising from an artistic perspective, its entanglement with corporate interest raises severe concerns. These concerns can only be addressed by a wide cross-sectoral alliance between research and arts that develops a critical perspective on the future directions of Creative-Ai.

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Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
Keywords [en]
political ecology, artificial intelligence, arts, computational creativity, sustainability, ethics
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Media and Communication Studies
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Media Technology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-322602DOI: 10.4337/9781803928562.00070Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85181779394OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-322602DiVA, id: diva2:1721463
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Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, 2020.0102Swedish Research Council, 2019-03694
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Available from: 2022-12-21 Created: 2022-12-21 Last updated: 2025-05-27Bibliographically approved

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