The Grandnarrative of Artificial Intelligence and Modes of Human(Art)istic Resistance

Abstract

This paper seeks to address whether computational creativity in the verbal domain is called literature. Can the agency of such a computational output be called an author? These questions are addressed in light of prevalent theories regarding the true nature of Artificial Intelligence. At the cusp of Artificial Intelligence and Humanities, this discussion would then cascade into a review of the role of literature, in its speculative fictional avatar, in problematizing the grand narrative of AI. Finally, the work of a Pakistani digital artist, Omar Gillani, is studied as a case of artistic resistance.