Maybe the future is not that bleak. I would love to see A.I. take over strictly commercial art. And paradoxically enough, this is NOT the case here. Yes, A.I. g

Maybe the future is not that bleak. I would love to see A.I. take over strictly commercial art. And paradoxically enough, this is NOT the case here. Yes, A.I. generated the finalist image, but WE as humans make that art. The picture is sterile up until the very moment it sparks social discussions as it is doing right now. A.I. overtaking jobs is a very human subject. It does not matter how much A.I. evolve, art will only become art if appreciated by humans. Even when A.I. evolve enough to be in a level self-evolving and be influenced by art, their needs will be different from ours, and we will still maintain control over how art impact us. What we are seeing is not the death of art, but a flaw in our social system, with the livelihood and dignity of individuals being directly tied to their functional importance to society, like cogs in a machine. That is what I think we need to attack. For all things art, I hope A.I. will help us divorce from the insidious form of commercial art and leave us time to focus on actual art that usher positive social change. An interesting take on that is in Marcuse's One Dimensional Man.