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This is a normal post Except that the charcoal and brushes replacing the twigs and dirt would be regarded as a refinement/progression of the artistic media an entirely different technique to produce said art.
An argument could certainly be made that a traditional artist's status will eventually be rendered obsolete by AI, but only because the vast majority of consumers are looking at the final product and give not a shit about the process involved.
The same goes for AI music. The tracks that I've heard have been astonishingly authentic (although, considering that contemporary pop and rap are already based largely upon algorithms and largely written/produced by third parties, it's not that much of a leap).
Either way, I wouldn't really regard it as progress. Especially if the value of human art is subsequently depreciated.
(, Fri 21 Apr 2023, 7:16, Reply)
This is a normal post Music is one area where AI is yet to impress beyond it sounding 'authentic'
but this will certainly improve. AI will eventually be able to emulate the creative process without having to rely on human input for good ideas .

There might be a backlash against AI generated art, with people using authenticated human body fluids to paint on cave walls.
(, Fri 21 Apr 2023, 11:54, Reply)
This is a normal post I remember reading a blog post by a pixel artist
showing you their thought processes in designing a simple game graphic. Stage one looked okay (a point where many people would think it was finished - the sort of thing AI can generate), but then they tidied it up and stylised it so by the end it was undeniably a far superior image.

I wish I could find that post, because AI art always seems to be at the "it looks about right" stage, when the real depth of knowledge seems to come after that. The article really made you focus on the subtleties of such work.

Whilst AI art tools are impressive/scary, it does seem another massive leap for it to understand creativity in any way. By design, it feels like it will always head toward the average, when interesting art needs something unique.
(, Fri 21 Apr 2023, 12:49, Reply)
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I wonder if growing up in an age where most imagery has been generated by AI will further blind people to the flaws of AI art, not unlike the way many have become deaf to the lifelessness of autotuned vocals in pop
(, Fri 21 Apr 2023, 21:15, Reply)
This is a normal post It only has to be good enough to 'fool' us,
like a mimic in nature only has to look close enough to the real thing from the perspective of its prey. I think it could do this within a decade, and without achieving/suffering consciousness. Plants can mimic.
(, Sat 22 Apr 2023, 0:17, Reply)
This is a normal post In nature mimicry exists in the context of the 4 Fs
And when it comes to matters of life and death, evolution seems to favour erring on the side of caution.

My point was about the effect of exposure on aesthetic preferences
(, Sat 22 Apr 2023, 5:47, Reply)
This is a normal post If you look at movies or music now
and how they use things like cgi or autotune, then you can see both interesting use, practical use, and lazy use. The good stuff is still there.

Unfortunately the lazy use seems the most popular with the public, though.
(, Sat 22 Apr 2023, 9:14, Reply)
This is a normal post Very few people ever gave a shit about the process involved in anything. Most of those who find out wish they hadn't.
See also the history of tea, cotton/clothing, the food industry, etc.

IMO an artificial intelligence producing art does nothing to devalue art produced by a biological intelligence, and vice versa. The widespread availability of previously archaic elite knowledge doesn't devalue the product of that knowledge to me. It may diminish the value of the previously privileged elite's skill set in an economic sense, but that will hopefully matter less and less as we head towards post-capitalist Utopia.
(, Fri 21 Apr 2023, 19:59, Reply)
This is a normal post The price tag of this rabbit suggests people do care about the process when it comes to art

(, Fri 21 Apr 2023, 21:43, Reply)
This is a normal post It suggests all kinds of things about the crossover between auction houses, art dealers, advertising moguls and hedge funds too.
There's an awful lot of human art sold for 99p or less.
(, Sat 22 Apr 2023, 0:11, Reply)