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Re:Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432k by guelo on Thursday October 25, 2018 @05:24PM (#18304704)
In that case accessibility would be enhanced by the artist writing down the meaning and context. But I take it that artists are loathe to do that because they fear that explaining it would make it lose it's mystique, kind of like how explaining a joke ruins it, so you basically end up with what amounts to elaborate inside jokes. OTOH, it probably helps drive up the price when the rich buyers feel like they're part of the secret in-group.
Re:Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432k by crucialfelix on Thursday October 25, 2018 @05:41PM (#18304821)
Artists almost always write an extensive explanation of what their work means.

It's got to the point of satire:

https://artybollocks.com/generator.html

Re:Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432k by amanaplanacanal on Friday October 26, 2018 @05:29PM (#18312841)
Err... the great majority of artists do no such thing. Do you have any idea of how many people do some sort of creative work as a hobby?
Re:Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432k by sitkack on Thursday October 25, 2018 @10:13PM (#18306238)