An Experimental Study on the Possibility of Artificial Intelligence on the Embodying of the Artistic Subject in a Three-Dimensional Form
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الكلمات المفتاحية: الكتلة النحتية، الذكاء الاصطناعي، الموضوع الفنيAbstract
The contemporary world is witnessing a rapid advancement in artificial intelligence technologies, whose impact has extended to the visual arts, particularly the spatial arts. This development raises questions about their capacity to produce sculptural forms with artistic content. Accordingly, this study investigates the potential of generative artificial intelligence to embody an artistic subject within a three-dimensional sculptural form through an experimental approach.
The study is structured into several interrelated chapters and sections. The first chapter presents the methodological framework, addressing the research problem, which centers on the extent to which artificial intelligence can generate three-dimensional sculptural forms with artistic significance. The study aims to examine the ability of generative AI systems to materialize an artistic concept in sculptural form through experimental investigation, and its significance lies in clarifying the relationship between digital technologies and sculptural practice from both analytical and applied perspectives. The second chapter develops the theoretical framework, reviewing the concept of embodiment in aesthetic and artistic thought, the relationship between artificial intelligence and contemporary plastic practices, and tracing the evolution of three-dimensional generation technologies from a sculptural perspective. The third chapter outlines the experimental procedures, detailing the stages of the experiment, generation mechanisms, and analytical methods, while examining the digital outputs in terms of their compositional, structural, and semantic characteristics. The fourth chapter presents and discusses the results in light of the theoretical framework.
The findings indicate that generative AI systems demonstrate a clear capacity to produce preliminary sculptural configurations with a degree of structural coherence, particularly in the organization of mass and spatial relationships. However, the results also reveal relative limitations in translating fine compositional details from text into form, including recurring issues related to element integration, proportional imbalance, and the limited precision of certain formal symbols
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