SPECIAL EVENT

As part of the MetroXRAINE International Conference, this round table will offer an interdisciplinary discussion on the relationship between artificial intelligence and art, with particular attention to creativity, authorship, intellectual property, authenticity and the protection of artistic heritage.

The discussion will examine the impact of generative artificial intelligence on the art market, the opportunities offered by blockchain for the certification and notarisation of artworks, and the role of AI in combating forgery, alteration, false attribution and illicit trafficking.

At the same time, it will address the broader cultural and anthropological implications of AI-generated art, exploring how artificial intelligence challenges established notions of creativity, authorship, originality, cultural memory and human agency in the production, circulation and reception of contemporary art.

SPEAKERS

Emma Angelini, Politecnico di Torino, Italy - Moderator

Paolo Turati, Saa, University of Torino, EFPA, Italy

Alessandra Castellani, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Italy

Veronica Scotti, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Francesco D'Isa - Copyright will not save us.
This talk argues that the current framework, built for a world of scarce, discrete authorial gestures, cannot meaningfully address what generative AI actually does to images, style, and creative labor, and that clinging to it as the primary defense risks obscuring the deeper questions at stake. Rather than reinforcing an already inadequate and problematic legal apparatus, we need a more honest reckoning with what originality, authorship, and value mean once machines can produce endless variations on demand.

Loredana Cristaldi

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

• loredana.cristaldi@polimi.it

Francesco D’Isa (Florence, 1980) is a philosopher, visual artist, and writer. He teaches Philosophy at the Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici (Florence) and AI Applied to Art at the LABA Academy of Fine Arts (Brescia and Florence). He has published novels, essays, and graphic novels; among his most recent works are Sunyata (2023), an experimental graphic novel created through generative AI, and the essay La rivoluzione algoritmica delle immagini (The Algorithmic Revolution of Images, 2024). His philosophical book L’assurda evidenza, published by Tlon, is slated for translation by Columbia University Press. He serves as Editorial Director of the cultural magazine L’Indiscreto and contributes as an author and illustrator to various international media outlets, publishing in English for The Philosophical Salon, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Philosophy Now. Considered a pioneer of digital and AI art in Italy, his practice develops a distinctive aesthetic grounded in creative prompting and in the valorization of generative errors, framed by his ongoing research on “semantic attractors” in latent space. (Florence, 1980) is a philosopher, visual artist, and writer. He teaches Philosophy at the Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici (Florence) and AI Applied to Art at the LABA Academy of Fine Arts (Brescia and Florence). He has published novels, essays, and graphic novels; among his most recent works are Sunyata (2023), an experimental graphic novel created through generative AI, and the essay La rivoluzione algoritmica delle immagini (The Algorithmic Revolution of Images, 2024). His philosophical book L’assurda evidenza, published by Tlon, is slated for translation by Columbia University Press. He serves as Editorial Director of the cultural magazine L’Indiscreto and contributes as an author and illustrator to various international media outlets, publishing in English for The Philosophical Salon, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Philosophy Now. Considered a pioneer of digital and AI art in Italy, his practice develops a distinctive aesthetic grounded in creative prompting and in the valorization of generative errors, framed by his ongoing research on “semantic attractors” in latent space.