Is it art?

Would you consider AI images as art? Without “imagination” it cant be art, can it?

Apps like DALL-E regurgitate what they’ve scrapped/copied/stolen from others. Doesn’t mean it isn’t good or useful though. But where do you draw the line?

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BlueGreenGrey · M

Whether it is art or not art is the wrong question and misses the HUGE point that AI is, among other now well-documented negatives, an environmental disaster. We're getting to the point now where no one can plead ignorance to the negatives, no one can say "I didn't know". After that, willfully continuing to use something that is creating a hellscape in multiple ways is just indefensible.

Here's just TWO articles, out of many, which people should read before opining:

https://unionrayo.com/en/bill-gates-warning-ai-risk-to-humanity/

https://theconversation.com/ai-is-bad-for-the-environment-and-the-problem-is-bigger-than-energy-consumption-247842

And no, it's not art. Does stealing a bag of popcorn and sticking it into a microwave oven to pop make one a chef? Of course not.

SomeMichGuy · M

@BlueGreenGrey Yes!

MrGrumpy · M

@BlueGreenGrey It maybe an environmental negative but it is here. The genie is out of the bottle. No going back now

SomeMichGuy · M

@MrGrumpy

He said

an environmental disaster

which it is.

If we just deny electrical power for these farms, it will die.

MrGrumpy · M

@SomeMichGuy True. But other countries won’t follow suit

SomeMichGuy · M

@MrGrumpy So?

AI is already screwing over normal people.

MrGrumpy · M

@SomeMichGuy Yeah. There will be a structural shift in the economy. Hard to predict what will happen in next few years.