>I'm yet to see an AI-generated or AI-assisted work that provokes any internal experience other than thinking "hey, cool pixels/sounds/sentences/whatever"
Maybe because you knew it was AI generated before you looked at it?
Or because I knew it was AI generated when I looked at it. Either way, that shouldn't be the differentiator.
An artwork is judged by how it exists within the totality of the context. We can consider "art" in the broadest sense, as "artifice" - and from that standpoint the algos themselves can be seen as staggering works of art in their own right. But on the other hand if we view the algos strictly as tools, and only consider individual pieces of content that are created through them, so far it's been only "meh" with a very occasional "hmm".
A similar example is the audio gear scene. There are many electromusical devices that are true works of art, worth of historical study even - then someone picks em up and starts by making bleeps and bloops that may have some novelty value but don't create a lasting impression.
I try to keep an open mind - even Facebook can be seen as AI-facilitated performance art evoking a profound feeling of dread, but that's a much broader context.
kuramitropolis|3 years ago
An artwork is judged by how it exists within the totality of the context. We can consider "art" in the broadest sense, as "artifice" - and from that standpoint the algos themselves can be seen as staggering works of art in their own right. But on the other hand if we view the algos strictly as tools, and only consider individual pieces of content that are created through them, so far it's been only "meh" with a very occasional "hmm".
A similar example is the audio gear scene. There are many electromusical devices that are true works of art, worth of historical study even - then someone picks em up and starts by making bleeps and bloops that may have some novelty value but don't create a lasting impression.
I try to keep an open mind - even Facebook can be seen as AI-facilitated performance art evoking a profound feeling of dread, but that's a much broader context.