Artificial Intelligence and Artistic Imagination: Revisiting the Cultural Economy of Industrial Revolutions
The “economic” naturally meets the “cultural” because both spheres deal, differently albeit convergingly, with “values” and “valuations”. Materially crafted and spiritually charged, tactile/tangible and ineffable/intangible, privately owned and collectively enjoyed, nourished currently and cheris...
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| author | Octavian-Dragomir Jora Mihaela Iacob Vlad I. Roșca Mihai-Răzvan Nedelcu Alexandru Florin Preda Matei-Ștefan Nedef |
| author_facet | Octavian-Dragomir Jora Mihaela Iacob Vlad I. Roșca Mihai-Răzvan Nedelcu Alexandru Florin Preda Matei-Ștefan Nedef |
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| description | The “economic” naturally meets the “cultural” because both spheres deal, differently albeit
convergingly, with “values” and “valuations”. Materially crafted and spiritually charged,
tactile/tangible and ineffable/intangible, privately owned and collectively enjoyed, nourished
currently and cherished diachronically, the supply of demandable cultural goods and services
defines and refines us as humans. The economics of culture, notwithstanding its deeply
rooted epistemological fragilities – “pricing the pricelessness” of masterpieces or fitting
artistry into “production functions” –, is in greater distress when asked to predict how tech
sense will affect human sensibility. Job specifications and business structures become under
assail when technologies unfold, as it is the case with the Fourth Industrial Revolution
(IR 4.0) and its long prophesized and still surprising Artificial Intelligence (AI). The present
article aims at shedding some critical and creative light onto three lines of inquiry at the
byroads of industriousness and artfulness with economics, as well as ethics. Firstly, the
outstanding social-political-economic traits pertaining to the historical waves of Industrial
Revolutions are re-inventoried, observing both peculiarities and patterns. Secondly, there are
emphasized, although hardly exhausted, the prevailing economic reciprocations between the
technological shifts and the cultural movements (in visual arts). And thirdly, given
envisageable megatrends, catalysts/inhibitors and game-changers, AI’s impact upon the art
economy is investigated and illustrated via some emblematic cases. This study aims to open
up a frontier research – the future of cultural ecosystems –, addressable/assessable as
exercises of immersive foresight, and not as detached forecasting |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a54534b8ed934b12b378e79ef5f14c332025-08-20T01:59:35ZengEditura ASEAmfiteatru Economic1582-91462247-91042024-05-012666630 64910.24818/EA/2024/66/613 Artificial Intelligence and Artistic Imagination: Revisiting the Cultural Economy of Industrial RevolutionsOctavian-Dragomir Jora0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7111-3078Mihaela Iacob1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0558-8248Vlad I. Roșca2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4912-5803Mihai-Răzvan Nedelcu3https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8432-062XAlexandru Florin Preda 4https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7203-6517Matei-Ștefan Nedef5https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4007-9616Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, RomaniaBucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, RomaniaBucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, RomaniaBucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, RomaniaBucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, RomaniaBucharest University of Economic Studies, RomaniaThe “economic” naturally meets the “cultural” because both spheres deal, differently albeit convergingly, with “values” and “valuations”. Materially crafted and spiritually charged, tactile/tangible and ineffable/intangible, privately owned and collectively enjoyed, nourished currently and cherished diachronically, the supply of demandable cultural goods and services defines and refines us as humans. The economics of culture, notwithstanding its deeply rooted epistemological fragilities – “pricing the pricelessness” of masterpieces or fitting artistry into “production functions” –, is in greater distress when asked to predict how tech sense will affect human sensibility. Job specifications and business structures become under assail when technologies unfold, as it is the case with the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR 4.0) and its long prophesized and still surprising Artificial Intelligence (AI). The present article aims at shedding some critical and creative light onto three lines of inquiry at the byroads of industriousness and artfulness with economics, as well as ethics. Firstly, the outstanding social-political-economic traits pertaining to the historical waves of Industrial Revolutions are re-inventoried, observing both peculiarities and patterns. Secondly, there are emphasized, although hardly exhausted, the prevailing economic reciprocations between the technological shifts and the cultural movements (in visual arts). And thirdly, given envisageable megatrends, catalysts/inhibitors and game-changers, AI’s impact upon the art economy is investigated and illustrated via some emblematic cases. This study aims to open up a frontier research – the future of cultural ecosystems –, addressable/assessable as exercises of immersive foresight, and not as detached forecastinghttps://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_3315.pdfartificial intelligenceindustrial revolutionstechnologydigital artcultural and creative sectorart movementscultural economics and economy. |
| spellingShingle | Octavian-Dragomir Jora Mihaela Iacob Vlad I. Roșca Mihai-Răzvan Nedelcu Alexandru Florin Preda Matei-Ștefan Nedef Artificial Intelligence and Artistic Imagination: Revisiting the Cultural Economy of Industrial Revolutions Amfiteatru Economic artificial intelligence industrial revolutions technology digital art cultural and creative sector art movements cultural economics and economy. |
| title | Artificial Intelligence and Artistic Imagination: Revisiting the Cultural Economy of Industrial Revolutions |
| title_full | Artificial Intelligence and Artistic Imagination: Revisiting the Cultural Economy of Industrial Revolutions |
| title_fullStr | Artificial Intelligence and Artistic Imagination: Revisiting the Cultural Economy of Industrial Revolutions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Artificial Intelligence and Artistic Imagination: Revisiting the Cultural Economy of Industrial Revolutions |
| title_short | Artificial Intelligence and Artistic Imagination: Revisiting the Cultural Economy of Industrial Revolutions |
| title_sort | artificial intelligence and artistic imagination revisiting the cultural economy of industrial revolutions |
| topic | artificial intelligence industrial revolutions technology digital art cultural and creative sector art movements cultural economics and economy. |
| url | https://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_3315.pdf |
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