It's not as if generative art is new. Nor is figurative painting relevant anymore since the invention of the camera. A basic Burger joint in Gerhard Richter kin

It's not as if generative art is new. Nor is figurative painting relevant anymore since the invention of the camera. A basic Burger joint in Gerhard Richter kind of style transfer is very much derivative. This isn't bad in view of the classics, but it's more like art-work to me. The true artists in this one are the coders, no doubt (corrolar to the inteligence debate). On the other hand, you mention an important point with layout but you underestimate the progress these days. Surely there are companies who are working on automated design beyond CAD (computer aided design), eg. for specialized antenna. > we'll all start to feel a bit disappointed that the average human's imagination is pretty limited and novel/original ideas remain somewhat rare as the patterns and tropes in all the generated art emerge Well, one might argue that Richter's most highly priced piece looks a little like prehistoric art of the pleistocene. It's a little vain to mention it, because I can much better relate to the more basic form, of course. A more frequently sore point would be the pop music industry between professionals and the amateurish. Anyway, this may be thinking too big. For the time being, the bunch of techniques is better understood as a toolbox, because it will be a long time before it trumps demo-scene productions, for instance. Here it is the technique that counts more often than not. The rest is an acquired taste.