Digital Aesthete: Human Musings on the Intersection of Art and AI

Description: What happens when AI takes over the creative process?

Discussion about, and the use of artificial intelligence has exploded across the globe. Some programmers have already speculated that they are witnessing the birth of 'general' intelligence in ai which would be a game changer and decades before it was originally anticipated.

Is this the next step, from robots taking over tedious repetitive tasks in factories to now taking over creative ventures as well?

Here are fictional stories that explore the relationship between artificial intelligence and art, written by top science fiction authors from across the globe. Read the tales of robot painters, AI poets, and
electronic gallery curators; dystopias where human artists must eke out an existence in societies where AI generates most of the content, and utopias where artificial minds help unlock and enhance human creativity.

This collection features a truly global perspective from top authors from USA, UK, China, Russia, Ukraine, Nigeria, Madagascar, Argentina, Chile, Czech Republic, and Sri Lanka.

"In this impressive collection, a star-studded lineup of 17 authors assembled by Shvartsman (Kakistocracy) raise angst-ridden questions about human-AI collaboration ... This smart, kaleidoscopic view into the digital future will have readers longing to log off." -Publishers Weekly

Review Quotes: "In this impressive collection, a star-studded lineup of 17 authors assembled by Shvartsman (Kakistocracy)
raise angst-ridden questions about human-AI collaboration.

"In 'Silicon Hearts, ' by Adrian Tchaikovsky, a nonsense-spewing writerbot is awarded top literary prizes from judges who are also bots (they're into lines like 'jade plantish break fine
fall the'), signaling the end of human-made literature and the beginning of a new art form: 'machines writing for machines writing for machines.'

"In Ken Liu's 'Good Stories, ' which incorporates ChatGPT-generated text, machines have taken over both art and literary production, and 'ninety-nine percent of the people can't tell the difference, or don't mind.'

"Just the opposite is true in Ray Nayler's 'Hermetic Kingdom, ' where 'machine-generated cliches' can no longer satisfy the players of a sadistic video game, so its makers port in human indentured servants to take the place of NPCs.

"The lighthearted 'Stage Shows and Schnauzers' by Tina Conolly hilariously employs AI to solve the attempted murder of an artist, while in the far darker 'Prompt' by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, trans. from the Russian by Julia Meitov Hersey, a young performer
contends with a computer-generated producer.

"This smart, kaleidoscopic view into the digital future will have readers longing to log off." --Publishers Weekly