>Photography was initially derided as "not art" or "machines replacing human artists" too. It was neither. It was just a new way to make pictures that spawned n

>Photography was initially derided as "not art" or "machines replacing human artists" too. It was neither. It was just a new way to make pictures that spawned new art forms. This is one thing about progress and art, that I have found really interesting. Like, how the invention of photography completely changed painting. Ultra-realism became uninteresting over night, as soon as it was possible to create perfect depictions via cameras. Painting, as an art form, didn't "die". Painters weren't replaced by machines. Instead, artist's interpretation became more important, than their technical ability to reproduce reality. We've since seen impressionism, expressionism, and more abstract movements like cubism. The invention of photography ended up being a gift to art. And now we see artists embracing digital artworks as their medium of expression. So, I guess the fear of AI and machine learning being the end of art as we know it, might very well be unfounded. It looks to me, more as the possible birthplace of new modes of expression. A reason for artists to rethink their art.