Leonardo Salvador Arriagada Beltrán (Chile, 1986) holds a PhD (c) from the University of Groningen, a PhD (c) in Philosophy with a major in Aesthetics and Art Theory from the University of Chile, and an MA in Contemporary Thought: Philosophy and Political Thought from the Universidad Diego Portales. He is a scholarship holder of the Chilean National Agency for Research and Development (ANID). He is a member of the Netherlands Research School for Literary Studies (OSL). At the Nederland Digitaal 2021 Conference, the Dutch State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Change—Mona Keijzer—awarded him with the Noorden Digitaal Talent Award for…
Leonardo Salvador Arriagada Beltrán (Chile, 1986) holds a PhD (c) from the University of Groningen, a PhD (c) in Philosophy with a major in Aesthetics and Art Theory from the University of Chile, and an MA in Contemporary Thought: Philosophy and Political Thought from the Universidad Diego Portales. He is a scholarship holder of the Chilean National Agency for Research and Development (ANID). He is a member of the Netherlands Research School for Literary Studies (OSL). At the Nederland Digitaal 2021 Conference, the Dutch State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Change—Mona Keijzer—awarded him with the Noorden Digitaal Talent Award for Best Discovery and the People's Choice Award. He is currently an ambassador for this distinction. He investigates aesthetically computer-generated art (CG-art), defending the thesis that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can create art. In Chile, he has been awarded projects from the National Fund for Cultural Development and the Arts (FONDART). He strives to disseminate his ideas beyond scientific articles, participating in events open to the general public.
