Ippolitov Sergey S. — Doctor in Historical Sciences; the D. S. Likhachev Russian Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage, Chief Researcher; Russian State Academy of Intellectual Property, Professor; The State Research Institute for Restoration, leading specialist
E-mail: nivestnik@yandex.ru

The introduction of generative tools based on artificial intelligence into all spheres of the humanitarian life of society has become an unexpected reality in recent years. There is a special sphere of public life where the unlimited introduction of artificial intelligence is fraught with devastating consequences — this is the sphere of preserving national and world cultural heritage. The activities of national Governments and private companies to create virtual collections of cultural heritage continue at an active pace. In the Russian Federation, both the state, represented by cultural institutions, and a few enthusiasts are engaged in the creation of virtual collections of historical and cultural heritage. The new digital reality, in the context of protecting copyrighted works from distortion by artificial intelligence, forces some publishers to take steps to protect original texts. The authorities of many countries of the world are taking concrete actions to create a regulatory framework for the use of generative tools. Previously, the idea of protecting the national cultural heritage, placed digitally in the public domain, through the assignment of NFT — non-interchangeable tokens to “digital originals” has already been proposed. The creation of a national digital heritage repository based on the blockchain, the general purpose of which will be to preserve the traditional and sovereign cultural matrix, will pay off all possible costs for it, preserving the country's digital cultural heritage for future generations. An urgent need is to create a national neural network focused on the needs and values of Russian culture and education, whose algorithms will be based on the primacy of preserving the country's digital heritage.

Artificial intelligence, blockchain technologies, copyright protection, cultural heritage, digital heritage, state cultural policy, virtual museums and libraries.