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There is no distinction of art with a capital A versus with a little a. I agree that there will be challenges to broad respect of this creation process and res

There is no distinction of art with a capital A versus with a little a. I agree that there will be challenges to broad respect of this creation process and result, but I can see communities gathering around specific personalities no matter what they create. Similarly, the public will likely be moved by stories, perhaps even some artists will create new poetry specifically for to generating an image where the poetry itself moves the audience too. But the distinctions you have created are not a relevant way of articulating this path.

bsenftner 5y ago
It's a different sophisticated and mysterious brush for a human artist to use - but the AI is not generating any art. The human curating the AI's output through their lens of human experience is the Art.
- MikeHolman 5y ago
  That's like saying it's not the painter generating any Art, the gallery curating the art through their lens of critical artistic appreciation is the Art.
  - bsenftner 5y ago
    No, a human behind the brush is significantly different than an algorithm. The human operating the brush "curates" what to create in themselves, the artistic creative process. But, at the same time, many an art gallery is known through their curation more than the specific artists they carry at any given moment. This is similar to the fame of the classic club DJ - their curation of what to play when is the cause for a club's popularity, and not just a listing of the songs played, in alphabetical order. Art is collaborative, even when performed by a single artist. Art is a communication. Algorithms generating images are not communications, unless the developer behind the algorithm is trying to operate "their brush" for specific image creations the artist imagines in their head and is using algorithms in place of a brush because they are that artistically technically sophisticated.

bsenftner 5y ago

It's a different sophisticated and mysterious brush for a human artist to use - but the AI is not generating any art. The human curating the AI's output through their lens of human experience is the Art.

MikeHolman 5y ago
That's like saying it's not the painter generating any Art, the gallery curating the art through their lens of critical artistic appreciation is the Art.
- bsenftner 5y ago
  No, a human behind the brush is significantly different than an algorithm. The human operating the brush "curates" what to create in themselves, the artistic creative process. But, at the same time, many an art gallery is known through their curation more than the specific artists they carry at any given moment. This is similar to the fame of the classic club DJ - their curation of what to play when is the cause for a club's popularity, and not just a listing of the songs played, in alphabetical order. Art is collaborative, even when performed by a single artist. Art is a communication. Algorithms generating images are not communications, unless the developer behind the algorithm is trying to operate "their brush" for specific image creations the artist imagines in their head and is using algorithms in place of a brush because they are that artistically technically sophisticated.