"The Ascenti AI Project" is about AI and Creativity. Ascenti: Humans Opening to AI book features a diverse group of professionals, known as "creatives," who specialize in visual art, writing, photography, audiobook performance, music, and computer games. These individuals experiment by inspiring AI apps to generate works based on prompts derived from their original artworks and writings, then interpret AI's outcomes. Some of the creatives find that AI provides positive solutions to overcome visual or other challenges they face. Other creatives uncover methods where AI supplements or amplifies their artistic visions. Conversely, there are those who voice AI's limitations and shortcomings. The Ascenti Project includes the book Ascenti: Humans Opening to AI, the website at ascenti-project.com, and Durvile & UpRoute's "Ascenti-AI 2024: Symposium on AI and Creative Arts," held in April, 2024 in partnership with the Calgary Public Library.
Foreword Portal to the Future, Steve DiPaola PhD AI and Literacy at the Tsuut'ina Nation, DerRic Starlight Preface Accessibility and Affinities Lorene Shyba PhD, James R. Parker PhD
1. "Totalizator" Scene and 2 AI Responses Clem Martini 2. West coast Home Design and Art Dagmar Jamieson 3. The Key and the Asemic Writings Verna Vogel 4. Casting My Fate to the Algorithm Rich Théroux 5. A Trainride is a Lifetime Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike PhD 6. Mother Son: Light Frequencies Julian Hobson 8. Music in the Uncanny Valley Kenna Burima 7. The Tethys Sea Expedition Eveline Kolijn 9. Seeking the Mystery Rosemary Griebel 10. Audio Believability Lorene Shyba PhD 11. Red Rock Coulee Study John Heerema PhD 12. AI in Computer Games James R. Parker PhD Index libri Verbum finale
The cultural and artistic roles of AI have received little attention so far. The Ascenti book is a welcome opening in that direction. It deals with AI used in creating visual arts, literature, and computer games, and analyzes both the new opportunities and limitations in these areas. -Frans Mäyrä, PhD, Researcher of Culture and Society