The three-part articles are interesting and well-written.\nStarting with the most technology-driven art form \u2013 photograph, Aaron first talks\nabout how photography becomes an art form through history. As the everlasting pursuit\nfor realism through out history, painters were the only source that human could\nrecreate the real world. However, this case was soon ended by the invention of cameras.\nThe development in technology and the need for portraiture made cameras\ngradually more available to the commonwealth. As the technology and its production\nexpanding, mixed opinion appeared on whether or not treating photography as a\nform of art. This led to development in both conventional painting and photography\nto advocate and illustrate their own form of art. However, in nowadays, digital\nimage could be generated much more easily and, more diversely with amazing\nadvancing AI technologies. In current mainstream idea about art is regarding it\nas the mastermind behand the artwork. AI, on the other hand, is merely a\ntool\/software that human created for a certain purpose. The art or product it\nproduces is merely a reflection of the creator of AI, not AI itself. Therefore\nthe author conclude that under this idea, current AI does not create art on its\nown. Then what would happen in the future. The author introduces criteria that\nhelp define art and artist, arguing that art is a social activity and as long\nas the AI has not yet be able to initiate social activities and act like human,\nit is merely a tool but not a mastermind that afford art creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I like the author starting with photography to talk about\nhow technology could innovate art creation. This could be one of the first art\nform or example of how technology can help reshape human artwork, not only it\nposed change to traditional visual arts but also inspired human to create new\nforms of art. Using this as an example, the author emphasized that technology\nis no different than a pen in a painter\u2019s hand, a paper on a writer\u2019s desk or\nthe material crafted by a sculptor. For a work of art, it is essential to have\nhuman mind \/ master mind input and reflected in it. While the AI software is\nable to mathematically mimic the pattern or behavior of human artists, itself is\nessentially completing a task or job assigned by the computer scientist behind.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My thoughts are quite similar to the author on this take\nthat current AI does not qualify as artist. The idea that the author tries to sell\nmakes sense, but as far as I think, it is quite obvious. A pen cannot be an\nartist, nor can a paper, nor material. As long as it stays as a tool, it doesn\u2019t\ninput authentic or other autographical value in itself and its production. On the\nflip side of the discussion, we always picture AI as advanced as human brain. When\nAI does have human-like thoughts that affords cognition and deeper thoughtful\nactivities, it might be worth thinking this question again. Just like the\nauthor writes: we will probably have bigger questions to solve by then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Could the appreciation of a work be a sort of Turing test?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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