Noticed a shift after an AI art show in Brooklyn last month

I went to this gallery in Brooklyn where they showed AI generated portraits alongside human paintings. Something felt off about how people talked about the AI pieces, calling them "art" real quick without asking who trained the model or what data was used. The show had maybe 30 pieces and 12 of them were straight up copyrighted cartoon characters with filters. Does that bug anyone else when AI art gets called original?

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faith_lopez482d ago

It's easier to just nod along than actually think about where the art came from, isn't it.

wells.morgan9d ago

You mentioned "calling them 'art' real quick without asking who trained the model or what data was used." That really gets at the heart of it for me. I saw a similar setup in a small gallery in Portland last year, and one piece was clearly trained on a well known photographer's work without any credit. Do you think the people calling it art were just being polite, or did they genuinely not see the difference between making something and curating a machine's output?

palmer.henry9d ago

That's exactly it - they're confusing pressing a button with the actual act of making art.