#AI Art for (Re)connection. it is necessary for women and…

This blog post is an excerpt from my doctoral dissertation, "'What makes a great story?': Multidisciplinary and international perspectives on digital stories created by youth formerly in foster care in Canada" (York University, 11 Apr. The debate about whether or not to work with Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies because they are "good," or "bad" is overly simplistic and lacks a critical lens. As history conveys, one can infer that artists and technologists are going to try working with AI despite, or because of these challenges. AI systems like "Dall:E" that translate words and sentences into images, have solidified concerns about representation, specifically of gender and race raised early in the advent of AI-based data visualization (Nicholas, 2022). Nevertheless, I believe that it is necessary for women and non-binary people -- especially racialized women -- to begin to explore these technologies as a way of claiming this space and defining the ethical implications of AI.