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  tap into a capacity to need to know -where or how -the image or writing was formed none of that matters. The value is in the perception, the resonance, not the talent or blood sweat and tears of a traditional artist.  With a.i. art the precise founder of  a “vision” and the owner of its initial form is not center stage or even on the stage- the sources of the vision have been uncentralized. We now have art with no artists- in many cases a.i. art 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 a conception of the artists or authors vision and imagination. But..A.I. art is often a reflection of  a 1dimensional, 2d embodiment of the vision of the person viewing it. Art does evolve. 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 could 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 the accusations and labeling of machine that doesn't care one iota about anything and apparently answers to no one.