The world of art over the past three years has seen a revolutionary change with the advent of artificial intelligence (AI). From creating beautiful pieces of art to music and even books, AI has opened its creative wings in many areas which were previously believed to be the sole contribution of human imagination. This blog talks about the new era of AI art and how it is changing the conventional forms of art.
The Age of AI: A New Type of Art
AI art is where machine learning algorithms and deep neural networks meet programming imagination. Technologies are empowering computers to look at stacks of artwork in front of them, learn patterns in them, and produce work that belongs to them. This type of generative art has created a new kind of artist: the algorithms.
One of the best known but not most celebrated examples of art produced with the assistance of AI is "Edmond de Belamy," painted by an algorithm developed by group Obvious. It sold for over $400,000 and stirred blazing controversy about the use of AI in paintings and if it can make any difference in the practice of traditional art.
AI art-making allowed for human-machine separation, shattering conventions on creativity and authorship. As there are a handful that continue to subscribe to purist visions that human purpose and emotion can yield unpolluted artistry, there are others that recognize AI as collaborative partners co-creating and augmenting without reducing human imagination.
Other than that, AI art has provided new ways of experimenting and exploring in mass art. Artists use AI algorithms to create intricate patterns, build surrealist landscapes, and find abstract concepts beyond man's imagination. By doing so, they are breaking paradigms on what constitutes art and pushing the frontier further for their next generations.
Ethical Considerations
As great as it promises to change the face of art, AI-generated art also creates some very fundamental questions about ownership, authorship, and authenticity. To what does an artwork that falls into the domain of AI belong? Do algorithms count as co-authors to their human co-authors? The question belies the necessity of new legal principles and codes of ethics to confront the shifting equation between AI and art.
Besides that, there is also anxiety about AI impacting creative work. With algorithms becoming more sophisticated to produce pieces of art, human artists fear they will be replaced or rendered irrelevant. However, others believe software AI can serve artists by doing repetitive tasks so that they can experiment and create. The invention of AI art is a revolution in the creation and appreciation of art. While it is challenging the traditional definition of creativity and authorship, it offers unparalleled potential for collaboration, discovery, and innovation. As AI technology develops, artists, researchers, and policymakers have a responsibility to enter into genuine and meaningful dialogue with the ethical, social, and cultural dimensions of this new art form. In so doing, we will create the art works of AI to be an inspiration and enrichment to the world's artistic fraternity.
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