Creativity in the Age of AI: A Post-Phenomenological Comparison between AI-Generated Content and Exquisite Worker’ AI Surrealism

AI technologies such as neural networks and deep learning have revolutionized the arts, generating debate around creativity, originality, and the nature of authorship. The Exquisite Workers’ ‘AI Surrealism’ exhibition exemplifies AI’s potential to democratize art and expand digital aesthetics. This paper explores AI’s impact on art’s cultural role, starting from a theoretical and anthropological framework influenced by Benjamin, Noë, and Russo’s ontology of machines, challenging traditional concepts of authenticity and authorship.