Issue 12 · Fall 2025

Special Issue on AI

Generative AI in the Context of the Arts and Humanities

Nils Roemer 

Generative AI, a subset of artificial intelligence focused on creating new content, has evolved significantly over the past few decades. From pioneer Alan Turing‘s idea of machines that could simulate human intelligence, to the current iterations of OpenAI’s GPT-3 (2020), GPT-4 (2023) and now GPT-4 (2025), AI is demonstrating remarkable abilities. Generative AI, evolving from its early rule-based systems in the 1950s to today’s sophisticated deep learning models, is impacting creative fields like visual and performing arts, literature, and the humanities. AI-generated art, particularly with models like DALL·E and Stable Diffusion, has gained traction, capable of creating breathtaking visual artworks from mere text prompts.

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This article appears in Athenaeum Review Issue 12 (Fall 2025), pp. 9-19. Download a PDF copy.
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