I feel the same about AI with art. Even when it looks “as good”, it just doesn’t interest me. For example, intentionality of someone writing a specific sentence, or composing an image a certain way to me is intriguing. If someone makes an arbitrary choice with something like generative fill, it makes me feel like their whole piece is arbitrary. Then why do I care?
You might say, “Well, if AI gets good enough and the product is the same, what’s the difference?” The difference is that the books aren’t the product. They aren’t the art--not completely. And this is the point. The most important thing to understand is that the process of creating art makes art of you.
My friends, let me repeat that. The book, the painting, the film script is not the only art. It’s important, but in a way it’s a receipt. It’s a diploma. The book you write, the painting you create, the music you compose is important and artistic, but it’s also a mark of proof that you have done the work to learn.
I feel the same about AI with art. Even when it looks “as good”, it just doesn’t interest me. For example, intentionality of someone writing a specific sentence, or composing an image a certain way to me is intriguing. If someone makes an arbitrary choice with something like generative fill, it makes me feel like their whole piece is arbitrary. Then why do I care?
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You might say, “Well, if AI gets good enough and the product is the same, what’s the difference?” The difference is that the books aren’t the product. They aren’t the art--not completely. And this is the point. The most important thing to understand is that the process of creating art makes art of you.
My friends, let me repeat that. The book, the painting, the film script is not the only art. It’s important, but in a way it’s a receipt. It’s a diploma. The book you write, the painting you create, the music you compose is important and artistic, but it’s also a mark of proof that you have done the work to learn.
Because in the end of it all, you are the art.