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This article analyzes the epistemic virtues associated with knowledge in the context of AI by examining a corpus of 553 journal articles published in 2024, focusing particularly on the virtue of "creativity." It argues for a re-evaluation of what constitutes "good" knowledge in AI, suggesting a framework that prioritizes generative values over traditional knowledge work paradigms. The findings highlight the need for a more nuanced understanding of knowledge worth in AI, which could influence future research and practices in the field.
A new framework for evaluating AI knowledge challenges traditional values, emphasizing creativity and generativity over established norms.
In the age of AI, what will be good knowledge? This article, which is accepted and forthcoming in a special issue of Modern Fiction Studies on"Cultural AI"in 2027, applies digital humanities methods to map epistemic virtues (like"true,""accurate,""creative") used in a corpus of 553 journal articles on AI published in 2024."Creativity"comes in for special attention as an example. Exploring this discourse of value, the article considers how a framework might be developed for evaluating the knowledge-worth of AI -- one less locked into values formed around pre-AI"knowledge work"agents or structures, and more open to the future values of"generativity."The essay is supported by an online digital kit for exploring data models of the corpus of articles on AI it studies.
