Art without Artists: Artificial intelligence and Culture by Emily Imani

"What's Art and what's Not"- by Emily Imani.            Uh yes. I agree.  I think it's worthwhile considering what the general public sees and perceives. As an artist or writer if it's a.i.  -its not really  art or writing because where is the human design, the artists vision? the work? But for the consumer who doesn't really tap into a capacity to need to know where or how the image or writing was formed none of that is center stage- the source of the vision has been uncentralized, we now have art with no artists- in many cases a.i. art for example can be closer to something the viewer may have imagined or would have created themselves if they could. That is one of the differences.. traditional art and writing has always been the artists or authors vision and imagination.. a.i.art for example is often reflective of or the  1 dimensional, 2d embodiment of a vision of the person viewing it. Art. It switched focal points. So if someone likes the a.i. art it's probably because it looks like a vision of their own mind or something they would imagine and enjoy seeing.  The art becomes the vision of not who has created it but of who is viewing it. This is a summary of art with no artist by me. Because I am a writer and an artist but I'm not dying on any hills over a.i. art. I've used it myself to create or shall we say generate  visions I don't have the skills, to get onto paper or screen myself in a more traditional sense. Some people  say that they use a.i. for ideas- whereas I already have way too many   ideas to function properly in society.  But I needed the ability to execute.. and as many will suggest I could or should just pay a real artist assuming I have the money to do so - but what if the artist creates their vision more so than mine? With a.i. wouldn't I have more ability actually to create/ generate what I really want!? And. I've argued vehemently against a.i. art and creative endeavors ( especially  the music!) but this is happening and I'm not going to get stuck one way or another and  For actual artists to remain showcased we should understand beyond our own perceptions what is going on ? As for Pinterest and all the other platforms obviously there are no humans anywhere to help when things like art get mislabeled ( real art getting labeled as a.i..) and this is scary because imagine the impact bots could have on the legal system or even say credit issues , you have no way to defend yourself against a machine that doesn't care one iota.