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The aim is to understand AI-generated images through the lens of Simondon's philosophy of individuation, arguing for a process of ontogenesis.

Beyond the Black Box: Mapping the Ontogenesis of AI-Generated Images Through Latent Space Analysis

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This theoretical and empirical framework explores AI image generation in individuals, suggesting new interpretations of creativity and authorship.

The aim is to understand AI-generated images through the lens of Simondon's philosophy of individuation, arguing for a process of ontogenesis.
Developed a framework incorporating Gilbert Simondon's concepts.
Conducted computational experiments on Stable Diffusion 2.1.
Analyzed artistic case studies of three creators: Refik Anadol, Sougwen Chung, and Holly Herndon.
Latent space shows metastable structure with effective dimensionality at a participation ratio of 52.9.
Denoising trajectories follow transductive dynamics indicating identifiable phase transitions.
Intra-prompt CLIP similarity averages 0.827, supporting structured semantic coherence contrary to error interpretations.

Huoston Rodrigues Batista (2026) studied this question.

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This theoretical and empirical framework explores AI image generation in individuals, suggesting new interpretations of creativity and authorship.