Why A.I. can never replace Artists.

THESIS:

Art of any form is something that is viscerally human and is created by its creator through new-thought and emotional inspiration, an artificial intelligence, by definition, can never fully replace human artists or create new art.

1. Artificial Artist Technology’s Strengths/Weaknesses:

Are the Artists No Longer Needed in the AI Age?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JTusejizoQ5kuyYzX7T6rmQmz7j0wTkt/view

Reading Notes:

• “[art is] transformed from a personal, emotional, and gifted activity into a computable” The author’s use of “emotional” will tie in nicely with my claims about Art relating to Emotion.
• “Only people can create images that do not yet exist. Machines have no dreams” I love the vocab, “dreams,” used here.
• “The creative core of AI is based on ‘data’ and ‘algorithms’…” I agree, the “creation” is merely the compilation of data points.
• “It is unlikely to deliver important cultural and social functions, such as artistic symbolism and criticism” A brilliant idea that COULD warrant a full exploration: AI can’t offer deep cultural or social symbolism through Art.

The Brilliance And Weirdness Of ChatGPT

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BucJzu1EdNTC_jF3JsgOypZR0xE3xIN-/view

Reading Notes:

• “ChatGPT is, quite simply, the best artificial intelligence chatbot ever released to the general public.” Good simple definition of ChatGPT.
• “A.I. chatbots have been terrible — impressive only if you cherry-pick the bot’s best responses and throw out the rest.” Sets up the status quo of AI generators before GPT.

Creativity In The Era Of Artificial Intelligence

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yn83T7rbexhg26pdHOd0D3yyET4bGFh_/view

Deep Learning in the Field of Art 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k274L8RHrB7uMUBvksl0DyGGby6ilakU/view

Reading Notes:

• This source is insightful, defining key terms in AI Art Generator’s mechanics, but it is expressed in broken English due to its Chinese origin.
• “Even AI veteran’s agree that DL [deep learning] doesn’t really UNDERSTAND what beauty is, or why Picasso was such a great artist.” I love the term “understand” because yes it can produce something that is beautiful, but does AI “understand” WHY? Does that lower its status as an artist?

What is Creativity?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t58HbgLYp6vwy9kUDCUb8PS18W9drMTi/view

Reading Notes

• “Some could argue that those with greater knowledge are the most creative; however, without curiosity, there is little creation. Clearly, both are needed to generate ideas, patterns and combinations that can lead to new and innovative products and services” I resonate with the author’s idea that creation comes from knowledge AND curiosity. AI has an unfathomable knowledge, more than the smartest human, but does it have genuine curiosity about the world around it?
• “Creation starts with discovery, becoming aware of, or stumbling across a novel thought”

AI Art & Copyrights

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o-G_747Y1NdtlukAaAO6MI3hrnifmCFS/view

2. Art as Expressionism for Human Emotions:

How Does Art Express Emotion?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S4EeeUu-tQVk2VCED2HYwqwzlql8CrCC/view

• “How works of art can be expressive of emotion and thus sad, happy, or melancholy must pose itself as a problem for anyone who believes both that works of art are not conscious entities and that only conscious entities can have feelings and emotions.” This is a complex, yet compelling statement about consciousness and how it relates to emotions in Art.

3. Art Intentionality, and why it’s NOT entirely Meaningless:

Accidental Art: Tolstoy’s Poetics of Unintentionality

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_vmyIFWANYu7meABq7upCDtxS1XR545u/view

Artist Intention And The Conservation Of Contemporary Art

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nESQVtC3TYcml5kBQcJ7M2Zx5flKzGjG/view

Bias in Perception of Art Produced by Artificial Intelligence

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y4kiU6oS9bgiCpNpT0pGApZvN1X3RCFA/view