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Keywords: human-robot-robot interaction, robot creativity, AI aesthetic, creative medium, AI abstraction, machine-made content

In this paper, we introduce the artwork «Syntropic Counterpoints: Metaphysics of The Machines» which is part of the ongoing art-based research project «Syntropic Counterpoints». We aim to investigate the potentials of using artificial intelligence as an interdisciplinary creative medium. Moreover, to raise fundamental questions related to the artificial agents’ role in raising human-AI society throughout the continuous period of reaching its emancipation. We are proposing the conceptual approach and methods in creating the audio-visual AI automated content through philosophical discussions between the four AI philosopher clones of Aristotle, Nietzsche, Machiavelli, and Sun Tzu. Special attention is given to the hybrid usage of technologies that led us toward transforming artificial intelligence into a co-existing artistic entity and novel creative framework for art and design practitioners. Therefore, we discuss some of the crucial questions related to our research and further directions in exploring AI abstraction in the context of robot creativity and its potential future forms. Our approach toward the liberation of machine creativity is through the use of words and grammar as a creative tool humans developed to express worlds «beyond» the world. The interaction between the audience and the installation is antagonistic as the process of further AI emancipation seems inevitable.

• Dr Predrag K. Nikolić is Associate Professor and Principal Investigator at School of Creativity and Art, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China, and Adjunct Professor at College for Creative Studies, and Full Professor at Educons University, Vojvodina, Serbia. He is an interactive media designer, digital media expert, and media artist who holds a PhD in Digital Media and an MBA. His experimental works and research focus on Intelligent Interfaces, Robot Creativity, AI aesthetics, AI abstraction, and Design for Behavioural Changes. He mixes artificial intelligence reality (AI.R) and multisensory responsive environments to engage users in new interactive experiences and digital media perceptions. His artworks and research, such as Botorikko Machine Created State, Robosophy Philosophy, MindCatcher, InnerBody, Ciklosol, Before & Beyond, Vrroom, Digital Lolipop, In_Visible Island, were exhibited worldwide and presented at Ars Electronica, SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Asia, ACM SIGGRAPH Sparks, Technarte USA, Technarte Spain, Singapore Science Center, Hong Kong – Shenzhen Design Biennial, Maison Shanghai, National Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade, National Museum of Education in Belgrade. Professor Nikolić has published numerous research papers, lectures at universities, and giving speeches at international conferences. He is Editor-In-Chief for EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies Journal and European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) Fellow.
• Ruiyang Liu is a PhD student at ShanghaiTech University, China, working on computer vision, advised by Professor Jingyi Yu. She works closely with Professor Predrag K. Nikolić on artificial intelligence for digital art and design topics. In the five years of PhD study, she has published on several CV top conferences including CVPR, ECCV etc. Besides research, she also worked for top internet companies including Microsoft and Google as software engineer.

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