Pixels of Possibility: AI Art and the Visual Reimagination of Successful Aging
Jiayu Chen, Qingwei Wang

TL;DR
This paper explores how AI art can challenge stereotypes about aging by analyzing an AI project featuring elderly women and how it affects perceptions of successful aging.
Contribution
The study introduces a novel interdisciplinary approach combining gerontology and AI art to examine aging narratives and algorithmic biases in visual culture.
Findings
AI art can reshape representations of aging by portraying older women with autonomy.
Algorithmic biases in AI aesthetics affect how aging is visually interpreted.
Audience reception reveals gaps between artistic intent and perception in AI-generated aging narratives.
Abstract
This article explores AI art’s cultural implications for reimagining successful aging. Despite AI’s increasing presence in artistic and everyday visual culture, its role in challenging dominant aging narratives and broadening representations of later life remains largely underexplored. This research takes an interdisciplinary approach, bridging gerontology, visual cultural studies, and AI research to investigate whether and how AI art can serve as a medium for shaping the narratives around successful aging. Through a qualitative case study of Auntieverse, an AI art project featuring elderly female figures, this research employs an innovative three-study design to examine the intersections of AI aesthetics, artistic intention, and audience reception. The findings reveal that while Auntieverse aims to disrupt ageist stereotypes by portraying older women with extreme autonomy, it also…
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Taxonomy
TopicsTechnology Use by Older Adults · Aging and Gerontology Research · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
