Growing Through Algorithms: Reimagining Plant Life with AI Art

This article examines the intersection of artificial intelligence, ecology, and contemporary artistic practice through the lens of plant representation. Focusing on AI-generated botanical art, it explores how algorithmic processes counteract plant blindness and foster new modes of human-plant relationality. Plants are repositioned as active agents within digital-ecological narratives, disrupting their marginal status in scientific and cultural discourse. Emphasis is placed on the dual role of AI – as both a medium for ecological imagination and a source of environmental strain due to its intensive resource consumption. By integrating post-humanist perspectives, the paper frames AI-generated botanical art as a critical space where aesthetics, technology, and ecological ethics converge.