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> Photography and painting both survived because they're fundamentally different things and can be easily distinguished in cases where their respective artists
by yunwal 4y ago
> Photography and painting both survived because they're fundamentally different things and can be easily distinguished in cases where their respective artists choose to differentiate themselves
I think there's a good argument to be made that photography killed photorealism in painting (or at least, it's an ever-shrinking niche). Photorealism was cheapened, and in response, Modern Art was created.
What's getting cheapened now is transforming works into digitally-defineable idea-spaces. Create a new idea in art, give a machine enough representations, and it can endlessly generate new works within that space.
What's not getting cheapened yet is
1) New idea-spaces -> I've yet to see an AI generate something that could be defined as a new art "movement"
2) New mediums -> I'm sure that something like Dall-E will exist for 3D CAD files sooner or later, but there are a lot of mediums that won't be physically reproduce-able by a computer (think James Turrell). Works in these spaces will remain valuable or even increase in value. And while AI might be able to generate new ideas in these spaces, there will need to be people to decide to put in the effort to execute them.
3) Curation and "found art" -> Deciding which ideas (generated or not) deserve attention.
- jrumbut 4y ago> Modern Art was created An interesting aspect of this was a (partial) severing of the connection between a lot of the population and the art world. If AI means artists need to get weirder to survive, it widens this disconnect. That might be the biggest tragedy in all of this.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 4y agoPhotography eventually led to the creation of an entirely new vidual medium though: films. Films have a ton of artistic value, and even today, and a regular joe can appreciate many brand new, critically acclaimed films. AI will absolutely kill some forms of art, and force others to change in a way that alienates most people. (Pop music and background muzak seem like low hanging fruit, because music can be distilled to numbers and signals much easier than other forms of art.) But AI will undoubtedly lead to the creation of entirely new forms of art as well.
- jrumbut 4y agoIt's possible to view movies as a new form of art not possible before photography, but one could also view them as automated plays and the thing that killed vaudeville.