Artificial Aesthetics: A Critical Guide to AI, Media and Design
Book authors: Lev Manovich and Emanuele Arielli.
Chapter 1.
Emanuele Arielli. Chapter 1 - Even an AI Could Do That. Published December 15, 2021
Chapter 2.
Lev Manovich. Chapter 2 - Who is an Artist in AI Era? Published January 18, 2022.
Chapter 3.
Emanuele Arielli. Chapter 3 - Techno-animism 
and the Pygmalion effect. Published March 28, 2022.
Chapter 4.
Lev Manovich. Chapter 4 - AI and Myths of Creativity. Published May 18, 2022.
(Coming out in "Machine Hallucinations: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence," Architectural Design special issue, eds. Matias del Campo and Neil Leach, Vol. 92, issue 3, 2022.)
Book information:
Assume you're a designer, an architect, a photographer, a videographer, a curator, an art historian, a musician, a writer, an artist, or any other creative professional or student. Perhaps you're a digital content creator who works across multiple platforms. Alternatively, you could be an art historian, curator, or museum professional.
You may be wondering how AI will affect your professional area in general and your work and career. Our book offers intellectual tools to help us better see the future of creative fields. These tools come from philosophy of art, experimental psychology, media theory, digital culture studies and data science. The book is the first to combine these different perspectives together.
We started the work on the book in summer 2019, exchanging numerous messages, commenting on each other ideas, and sharing drafts of sections. The final book is a result of this process. Although each chapter is written by one author, it reflects the discussions we had over 27 months.
The book is released one chapter at a time on manovich.net and gc-cuny.academia.edu/LevManovich.
Lev Manovich and Emanuele Arielli, November 2021