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Do we value art? It seems to be hard to make a life that way unless you find some corporate niche. I think automated/algorithmic music and art will happen quit

• DonaldFisk 10y ago
  There are already programs that can compose music or paint pictures. But is that art if it means nothing to the program which created it? Or was unforeseen by the programmer? Of course, it could be passed off as art, or used as a substitute for it.
• coldtea 10y ago
  >Do we value art? If you mean emotionally and intellectually, then yes, it has been an essential part of human civilisation since there were cavemen painting on caves. And it doesn't have to be Beethoven to fill the role of art, it can also be Cheap Trick or Skrillex. If you mean financially, then yes again. If we include music, movies, comics, books and TV it's 300bn dollar industry. If we are to believe the news (1), more than €51 billion of fine art was traded in 2014 alone -- and that's a kind of art that concerns rather few people. >I think automated/algorithmic music and art will happen quite quickly, if it hasn't already. What would be the point? More than the artifact, we value the connection with the artist. (1) https://www.artsy.net/article/editorial-the-art-markets-record-breaking-51-euros-billion https://www.artsy.net/article/editorial-the-art-markets-reco...