I remember early days building some of this stuff with Flash. Good times. Back then, you had to do quite a bit of work to make it yours, and it felt fresh and risky.
Now, digitally-generated images (including photography) is totally ubiquitous.
Generative art is awesome! But it isn't Art art.
My thinking has come around to the idea that Art art is an exclusively human-to-human transaction, and must be imbued with the soul of its creator; the intangibles of style and taste, the ineffable of lived experiences, the errors and happy accidents and imperfections.
Both are art. But Art art can never be replaced by machines, and that's a good thing.
Now, digitally-generated images (including photography) is totally ubiquitous.
Generative art is awesome! But it isn't Art art.
My thinking has come around to the idea that Art art is an exclusively human-to-human transaction, and must be imbued with the soul of its creator; the intangibles of style and taste, the ineffable of lived experiences, the errors and happy accidents and imperfections.
Both are art. But Art art can never be replaced by machines, and that's a good thing.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-revenge-liberal-arts-gold...