Magical Simulacra and Simulating Magic:
A Baudrillardian Perspective on the Recognizing and
Creating Magic Using Generative Artificial Intelligence
Magical Simulacra and Simulating Magic:
A Baudrillardian Perspective on the Recognizing and
Creating Magic Using Generative Artificial Intelligence
Author(s): Angélique Allaire, Laurent CervoniSubject(s): Visual Arts, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Sociology of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Magic; AI; Performing Art; Baudrillard;
Summary/Abstract: This essay focuses on the aesthetic experience of magical arts. The rise of artificial intelli-gence (AI) as a tool to decipher magic tricks or elaborate new tricks puts spectators andperformers into question. While considering the current technical characteristics of neuralnetworks and generative AI, we aim to show the impact of AI on magical arts using JeanBaudrillard’s hyperreality theory. Like any other technological innovation, AI poses newchallenges to the magical arts.
Journal: Estetyka i Krytyka
- Issue Year: 71/2023
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 31-40
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
