AI, Art, and the Artist
AI can create art; yet, it can’t experience art, nor the process of creating it. This is not a perspective about whether AI can replace your job. It’s about AI not replacing you as the artist, who can soulfully experience art, enjoy the creative process, and the artistic outcome. That’s where we shine.
I doubt even if AGI or SGI can have the same feelings about creating art and the art itself. Well, if they arrive someday, let’s welcome them to the party. In fact, AI or the artificial being in itself is a remarkable piece of art, as it stems from the great human mind. It’s our ultimate creation that can continue our creation and legacy.
As humans, we create art to enjoy the process, and not mere outcomes. We’re not generative artists like generative AI. We’re not machines to take input, generate output, and move on to the next. As artists, we live to experience the process of creation, as much as our creation itself, and convey a point of view.
Prompting is way different from creating and experiencing the labour of our work. So, on this front, AI can’t replace us. Let’s focus on our signature and continue to enjoy the process, like we have been doing all these years.
I doubt even if AGI or SGI can have the same feelings about creating art and the art itself. Well, if they arrive someday, let’s welcome them to the party. In fact, AI or the artificial being in itself is a remarkable piece of art, as it stems from the great human mind. It’s our ultimate creation that can continue our creation and legacy.
As humans, we create art to enjoy the process, and not mere outcomes. We’re not generative artists like generative AI. We’re not machines to take input, generate output, and move on to the next. As artists, we live to experience the process of creation, as much as our creation itself, and convey a point of view.
Prompting is way different from creating and experiencing the labour of our work. So, on this front, AI can’t replace us. Let’s focus on our signature and continue to enjoy the process, like we have been doing all these years.