That's like saying it's not the painter generating any Art, the gallery curating the art through their lens of critical artistic appreciation is the Art.
No, a human behind the brush is significantly different than an algorithm. The human operating the brush "curates" what to create in themselves, the artistic creative process. But, at the same time, many an art gallery is known through their curation more than the specific artists they carry at any given moment. This is similar to the fame of the classic club DJ - their curation of what to play when is the cause for a club's popularity, and not just a listing of the songs played, in alphabetical order. Art is collaborative, even when performed by a single artist. Art is a communication. Algorithms generating images are not communications, unless the developer behind the algorithm is trying to operate "their brush" for specific image creations the artist imagines in their head and is using algorithms in place of a brush because they are that artistically technically sophisticated.
bsenftner|4 years ago