What does AI mean for human creativity? How can artists and designers best harness AI’s potential – and should they even be doing so? These are the kind of questions the Royal College of Art (RCA) has been addressing for some time. Since its foundation in 1837, the college has continuously redefined creative education to embrace technological advances, from the motor car to the moving image.
For Dr Danielle Barrios-O’Neill, Associate Dean across the RCA’s Schools of Communication and Design, AI has big implications for creators, because, she says, creativity is the most important component of intelligence. “And perhaps the first impulse is to be frightened. We’ve all seen the headlines about what AI could mean for artists.
