XAIxArts Manifesto: Explainable AI for the Arts

TL;DR

This paper introduces the XAIxArts manifesto to promote new, inclusive perspectives on explainable AI in the arts, emphasizing artistic practice, empowerment, and openness beyond traditional technocentric explanations.

Contribution

It presents a participatory, manifesto-based approach to rethinking explainability in AI for the arts, fostering community engagement and critical reflection.

Findings

Engages community through a World Café discussion format.

Proposes four core themes for inclusive AI explainability.

Creates a living, revisable manifesto for the CHI community.

Abstract

Explainable AI (XAI) is concerned with how to make AI models more understandable to people. To date these explanations have predominantly been technocentric - mechanistic or productivity oriented. This paper introduces the Explainable AI for the Arts (XAIxArts) manifesto to provoke new ways of thinking about explainability and AI beyond technocentric discourses. Manifestos offer a means to communicate ideas, amplify unheard voices, and foster reflection on practice. To supports the co-creation and revision of the XAIxArts manifesto we combine a World Caf\'e style discussion format with a living manifesto to question four core themes: 1) Empowerment, Inclusion, and Fairness; 2) Valuing Artistic Practice; 3) Hacking and Glitches; and 4) Openness. Through our interactive living manifesto experience we invite participants to actively engage in shaping this XIAxArts vision within the CHI community and beyond.