Mark Amerika is an intermedia artist, novelist and theorist who has exhibited his digital artworks all around the world. He is the author of twelve books, including his most recent title, My Life as an Artificial Creative Intelligence (Stanford University Press). Amerika is the Founding Director of the Doctoral Program in Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance in the College of Media, Communication and Information at the University of Colorado where he was the first artist to be appointed a Professor of Distinction.