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AI Art History — AfriKI: poetry, publication and authorship

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On 28 April 2022 LitNet published the AfriKI-credited poem and Imke van Heerden’s account of selecting and arranging generated phrases.

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LitNet publishes AfriKI poetry and process account

On 28 April 2022 LitNet published the AfriKI-credited poem and Imke van Heerden’s account of selecting and arranging generated phrases.

South Africa / TürkiyeLiterature / PublishingEVT-0426

Research question

Local-language generation, human composition and literary circulation connect creative practice and authorship, without priority claims.

Related documents

DOC-0675LitNet–AfriKI mini-seminar: artificial intelligence as a writerDOC-0676Press release: Silwerwit in die soontoe — the first AI poems in Afrikaans (source-title claim)DOC-0677Silwerwit in die soontoe — poetry collectionDOC-0678The first AI poem in Afrikaans: Silwerwit in die soontoe (source-title claim)DOC-0679The first AI poems in Afrikaans (source-title claim)

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