From Plato to Sontag there have been people trying to remind us all that the representation is not the real thing. Perhaps AI will finally deliver the message.

From Plato to Sontag there have been people trying to remind us all that the representation is not the real thing. Perhaps AI will finally deliver the message. But then... What if AI dreams the carvings and then drives the CNC? Would that be interesting? Or is there something special about the human being?