提出递归主义框架,解析AI时代艺术的自我演化机制。
Recursivism: An Artistic Paradigm for Self-Transforming Art in the Age of AI
- 构建五级递归分析尺度,区分规则固定与自我修改的临界点。
- 揭示艺术史中内在递归与元递归交替演化的动态规律。
- 适合关注AI艺术、生成式创作与系统自演化的人士阅读。
本文提出递归主义(Recursivism)作为分析人工智能时代当代艺术实践的概念框架。尽管递归在数学和计算机科学中有明确定义,但尚未被形式化为美学范式。递归主义指代那些不仅输出随时间变化,且生成过程本身能通过其自身效果实现反射性修改的艺术实践。论文构建了一个五级分析量表,区分简单迭代、累积迭代、参数递归、反射递归与元递归,明确系统从固定规则下的变异跃迁至规则自身真正自我修改的阈值。由此视角,艺术史被重新解读为内在递归与元递归转换的动态过程。人工智能通过学习循环、参数更新与代码级自修改使这一逻辑技术显性化。为区分生成艺术、控制论、过程艺术与进化艺术,文章提出三项操作标准:状态记忆、规则可演化性与反射可见性。案例研究涵盖瑞夫克·阿纳多尔、苏格温·昌、卡尔·西姆斯及达尔文-哥德尔机器。最后探讨自修改艺术系统的审美、策展与伦理意涵。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
This article introduces Recursivism as a conceptual framework for analyzing contemporary artistic practices in the age of artificial intelligence. While recursion is precisely defined in mathematics and computer science, it has not previously been formalized as an aesthetic paradigm. Recursivism designates practices in which not only outputs vary over time, but in which the generative process itself becomes capable of reflexive modification through its own effects. The paper develops a five-level analytical scale distinguishing simple iteration, cumulative iteration, parametric recursion, reflexive recursion, and meta-recursion. This scale clarifies the threshold at which a system shifts from variation within a fixed rule to genuine self-modification of the rule itself. From this perspective, art history is reinterpreted as a recursive dynamic alternating between internal recursion within movements and meta-recursive transformations of their generative principles. Artificial intelligence renders this logic technically explicit through learning loops, parameter updates, and code-level self-modification. To distinguish Recursivism from related notions such as generative art, cybernetics, process art, and evolutionary art, the article proposes three operational criteria: state memory, rule evolvability, and reflexive visibility. These concepts are examined through case studies including Refik Anadol, Sougwen Chung, Karl Sims, and the Darwin-Godel Machine. The article concludes by examining the aesthetic, curatorial, and ethical implications of self-modifying artistic systems.
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