The current AI mania gripping much of the advanced world has the techno-naysayers out in full force. End-of-the-world prognostications abound; but they may be overshadowing some of the more positive examples of collaborations between human beings and computers.
Enter Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, a poet who—in addition to making poems—is making waves by putting to use computer programs designed to manipulate text to aid in the writing of those poems.
A champion of applying the latest technology to one of humanity’s most enduring creative activities, Bertram says they are “neither techno-dystopic nor techno-utopic.” Rather, Bertram is just one of many artists who is “embracing the computational,” using the latest software tools to investigate how algorithmic processes can be harnessed to co-create works of art every bit as real and compelling as art…
