Open AccessAlgorithmic Apophenia and Aestheticization of Data
Author(s) -
KONSTANTIN Y. BOKHOROV
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hudožestvennaâ kulʹtura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2226-0072
DOI - 10.51678/2226-0072-2021-3-242-255
Subject(s) - reflexivity , humanism , reflection (computer programming) , phenomenon , civilization , transformation (genetics) , computer science , epistemology , artificial intelligence , sociology , cognitive science , social science , psychology , history , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , theology , archaeology , gene , programming language
The article suggests taking a look at the artistic development of “artificial intelligence” not in the aspect of its humanization and challenge to humanism, but as a tool for processing data, the number of which and the features technically exceed the capabilities of human understanding. The influence of dataism on culture is considered. The article analyzes the works of contemporary artists (Mario Klingemann, Zach Blas, etc.) working with the phenomenon of “algorithmic apophenia”. The thesis is considered that the transformation of data into information in computer neural networks is methodologically comparable to the creative approaches of modernist artists, which allows us to reach a new level of artis-r tic reflection in the culture that conditioned by machine civilization. Critical and reflexive models of apophenia in contemporary art are collided.