Artificial Intelligence and narratives: reflections on playfulness, communication and war

Abstract Over the past century and the current one, drones have been employed consistently for reconnaissance missions and combat attacks, actions that fuel political narratives and drive the media landscape: these acts of aggression, in themselves, are a means of communication. In contemporary times, Artificial Intelligence (AI) manipulates these components, creating and reproducing texts, images, videos, and social media profiles in automated ways, as well as mapping and moving through spaces in tangible or intangible ways. In this article, the authors examine how, through AI, narratives are articulated through the ludic nature of computing and robotics.