用AI让古籍活起来，探索数字时代文化遗产的重塑与危机
Quantum est in Libris: Navigating Archives with GenAI, Uncovering Tension Between Preservation and Innovation
- 用Runway Gen-3/4将爱沙尼亚档案文本转为动态视觉艺术
- 揭示机器生成内容如何重构历史叙事并带来解释不确定性
- 适合关注数字人文、AI艺术与文化遗产的跨学科研究者
《Quantum est in libris》探讨古老文献与现代技术的交汇。一边是爱沙尼亚国家博物馆逾百年历史的档案，记录着当地民众的生活经历；另一边是将这些文本转化为动态互动体验的技术。游客通过屏幕雕塑，将文字输入转化为视觉呈现，使历史叙事以当代技术语言重现。我们使用了此前未接触过爱沙尼亚遗产的视频生成模型（Runway Gen-3 和 Gen-4），观察当前机器如何‘理解世界’并创造未来遗产。该作品为文化遗产概念引入一个令人振奋又不安的新维度：在数据流动、解读不稳定的数字环境中，遗产状态变得脆弱。数字时代下，遗产问题不再仅关乎保存与传承，更涉及媒介表征、机器创造力与解释误差。谁或什么塑造记忆过程与记忆空间？如何塑造？
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
"Quantum est in libris" explores the intersection of the archaic and the modern. On one side, there are manuscript materials from the Estonian National Museum's (ERM) more than century-old archive describing the life experiences of Estonian people; on the other side, there is technology that transforms these materials into a dynamic and interactive experience. Connecting technology and cultural heritage is the visitor, who turns texts into inputs for a screen sculpture. Historical narratives are visually brought to life through the contemporary technological language. Because the video AI models we employed, Runway Gen-3 and Gen-4, have not previously interacted with Estonian heritage, we can observe how machines today "read the world" and create future heritage. "Quantum est in libris" introduces an exciting yet unsettling new dimension to the concept of cultural heritage: in a world where data are fluid and interpretations unstable, heritage status becomes fragile. In the digital environment, heritage issues are no longer just about preservation and transmission, but also about representation of the media, machine creativity, and interpretive error. Who or what shapes memory processes and memory spaces, and how?
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