Abstract
This chapter contrasts the *cognitive imaginary*, which prioritises explicit, codifiable knowledge, with the *being bodied imaginary*, which values tacit, embodied ways of knowing. Drawing on dance practice and interdisciplinary research, it critiques how AI development—through anthropomorphising, data-proxies, sensory appropriation, and engineered empathy—blurs human–machine boundaries and erases irreducible bodily knowledge. It proposes collaborative, process-focused methods to protect and revitalise these disappearing forms of intelligence in an increasingly data-centric world.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Digitale Ensembles in der künstlerischen Lehre |
| Editors | Sabine Huschka |
| Publisher | Kerber Verlag, Berlin |
| Publication status | Submitted - 2025 |