> AI is able to make art, it can learn from people and then produce similar results. In the jargon of fine arts, "craft" refers "making a thing well / in a par

> AI is able to make art, it can learn from people and then produce similar results. In the jargon of fine arts, "craft" refers "making a thing well / in a particular style" while "art" has something to say, most often challenging a widespread idea. EG installing a toilet in a room of an art gallery with a plaque stating "this is art" was a bold work of art, but was not an impressive display of craft. I really appreciate this distinction, because separating those concepts immediately clarifies a lot of the discussion around "AI Art". AI can imitate _craft_ exceptionally well, but it cannot create _art_ (that is, it can't independently devise a display which challenges a widespread idea). Working artists are losing out because nearly all of the economic demand for art was actually demand for craft, and they're doubly angry because their past work was needed to create the machine that's now undercutting their income.