Sofie Vlaad

Poet in Residence

Sofie’s research is firmly rooted in both feminist philosophy and transgender studies. These twin schools of thought inform her work in ways that are both explicit and implicit. Her current project brings together philosophy of artificial intelligence, philosophy of creativity, and contemporary poetics to explore the relationship between art—broadly conceived—and Artificial Intelligence. Her research questions include: What are the poetics of AI-generated art? Is AI-generated art creative? Who should we consider to be the author of AI-generated art?

Currently Sofie is working on an article that posits trans poetics as a way of doing trans philosophy, a co-authored piece exploring how we might epistemically ground diversity projects in AI, and several creative works, including a collaborative arts project exploring queer/mad/trans/femme futures.