The coming future is now
Artists, data scientists, and artificial intelligence (AI) in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2230684 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michiel Baas (0000-0003-4405-146X, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 362-378 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2049-1115 • E-ISSN: 2575-1433 |
| Publisher | HAU-N.E.T (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1086/736019 |
| OpenAlex | W4412746602 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 23 |
Indian artists are increasingly incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into their creative works. While their output shows the potential uses of AI for art, it also underscores its limitations and engages with common assumptions about what AI is. Drawing attention to the implications of AI for daily lives and its reliance on vast amounts of energy, their works point to the presence of AI as part of people's lifeworlds and the way we share a planet with it. Taking a multispecies approach, this paper builds on extensive research among Indian artists and data scientists to propose a possible anthropological approach that centers on notions of cocreation and cohabitation with AI
Computer Science · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |