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| The Triple Dimensions of the Evolution of Literary Activity System under the Influence of AIGC |
| Han Wei, Zheng Hua |
| School of Chinese Language and Literature, Xi’an International Studies University, Xi’an 710128, China |
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Abstract The iterative development of Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) has fostered a new textual environment for literary creation, giving rise to novel forms of literary expression. Algorithmic generation featuring cognitive creation progressively replaces mechanically replicative information technology, driving the evolution of literary activity system in the AI era. The profound integration of artificial intelligence into literary activities has catalyzed a transformation of literary boundaries. Reflecting through the lens of literariness on how this transformation reconstructs traditional literary,theoretical paradigms has emerged as a critical literary agenda in the new technological context, a pivotal aspect of which resides in how AIGC reconfigures both the internal structure and the external boundaries of literary activity system. In light of this, this paper examines AIGC-generated literature—a paradigm-shattering occurrence—from the three perspectives of logical transmutation, relational reconstitution and dimensional transcendence. It investigates the evolutionary trajectories of literary activity system under AIGC’s influence, unveiling the radical transformation of the underlying logic and structural model of the system. Through philosophical critique and empirical analysis of AIGC texts, this paper posits that the generative capability inherent in AIGC is endowed with intentionality through the logic of “productive imagination”, making such texts entitled to be called literary works. Moreover, the subject of literary activities shifts from autonomous existence to a more intricate “human-AI nexus”. Algorithmic generation replaces traditional mechanical reproduction which lacks artistic aura, epitomizing a metamorphosis in the underlying logic of the literary activity system. Under the influence of the intrinsic logic of algorithmic generation, the uncertainty inherent in AIGC disrupts the previously closed meta-literary activity system. By virtue of dynamic properties such as generative capability, interactivity, and real-time responsiveness, AIGC establishes a decentralized and networked architecture grounded in “human-AI entanglement”. The dynamic openness of literary activity system supersedes the closed system grounded in autonomous human authorship and constrained by endogenous creative cycles. Furthermore, when the relational reconstitution within the literary activity system is externally manifested, it transcends the communicative dimensions that exist among its constituent elements. Under the influence of AIGC, the literary activity system has shifted from a two-dimensional to a three-dimensional framework, and the interactions among its components have evolved from communicative structures into a semantic space characterized by a high-dimensional manifold topology. The boundaries of the elements in literary activities are being reconfigured: the world gains an extra infosphere characterized by digitalization and contextualization; the perception scope of creative subjects has been broadened and their modes of creation undergo novel transformations; and the works generated exhibit corresponding changes. AIGC transcends the secondary and passive characteristics that previously defined digital technologies, enabling a quantum leap in literary existence and deconstructing traditional literary elements into computable models generated by algorithms. This paper examines the new literary phenomena generated by the application of AIGC technology to literary practice, transcending the interpretive possibilities of traditional literary theory and reconstructing literary ontology and critical paradigms, thus expanding the boundaries of literary research. It constitutes a speculation on the technicality and literariness of literary activity system, a dual examination of the aesthetic and ethical dimensions of AIGC texts, and ultimately, a commitment to reinvigorating the humanistic significance of literature and upholding the social responsibilities and ethical principles of the humanities in the era of Artificial Intelligence.
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Received: 27 October 2024
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