Publisher's Synopsis
The Leonardo Algorithm: Human Creativity in the Age of AI
What does it mean to stay truly creative when machines can imitate art, generate stories, and even simulate human presence?
In The Leonardo Algorithm, filmmaker and artist Frank Govaere takes you on a year-long journey of reflection, discovery, and philosophical exploration. Blending personal insights on the rise of artificial intelligence in filmmaking with the timeless genius of Leonardo da Vinci, this book offers a powerful and human-centered roadmap for the future of creative work.
Each chapter pairs a critical question from today's rapidly shifting media landscape, such as authorship, emotional labor, risk, mastery, and collaboration, with a timeless lesson drawn from Leonardo's life, art, and notebooks. The result is not a rejection of technology but a call to recalibrate, to build a creative practice that remains grounded in wonder, ethics, and authentic human presence.
At the heart of the book is the proposal of a new creative compass, called The Leonardo Algorithm. This is not a machine formula but a living human system for navigating artistic work in an age of unprecedented technological power.
Perfect for artists, filmmakers, designers, and anyone wrestling with what it means to stay truly human in the age of intelligent machines, The Leonardo Algorithm is a philosophical, practical, and inspiring guide to creating not just efficiently but meaningfully.
