Can we still talk about the autonomy of art today? And does the concept of autonomy still apply in an age of art created with the help of artificial intelligence? Master's students and doctoral candidates discussed these questions on 11 April 2025 at Tōdai University in Tokyo (Japan) with Prof. Dr. Reinold Schmücker, director of the Centre for Advanced Study, who had advocated a new conception of artistic autonomy in his lecture.