> What is the "intent" behind a piece of classical music? Depends on which one. Vivaldi's "The four seasons" intends to capture the "spirit" of each season. Be

> What is the "intent" behind a piece of classical music? Depends on which one. Vivaldi's "The four seasons" intends to capture the "spirit" of each season. Beethoven's "Eroica" was (at first) intended as a tribute to Napoleon. > What is the intent behind abstract art? Depends on the piece. Some are intended to evoke feelings. Others are comments on art itself - Kelly's "Blue panel" is supposedly there to challenge our ideas of what art is, while Jackson Pollock's art is intended as a rebellion against the art ideas of his time. > What is the intent behind the tilings found in Islamic art If my copy of "Habibi" is to be believed, to praise God while looking pretty. More generally, "looking pretty" is a common intent in art. > What does it mean to have intent? Does it relate to having an objective function? (...) What do we have that this hypothetical "self employed algorithm" doesn't?" It is superficially about objective functions, but I would argue that the issue is intrinsically related to what free will is. Does your fivver algorithm have the choice not to make art? Can it say "screw this, I'll become a lawyer"? > When we say a human makes art with intent, (...) do you not eventually reach the evolutionary prime directive of furthering their genetics? Artists without children would disagree.