Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432k

Re:Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432k by 2bitencryption on Thursday October 25, 2018 @06:03PM (#18304985)

> if you spent at least five hours ... and it took a considerable amount of effort, THAT is a profound piece of work.

Got it. work >= 5hrs == TRUE REAL PROFOUND ART, work < 5hrs == UTTER GARBAGE PRETENTIOUS BULLSHIT.

Art is purely expression. It doesn't matter how long it takes you to express what you're expressing. Pollock may have just splattered painting on a canvas. But it was still a true expression. John Cage made a composition where the orchestra doesn't play any notes. But it's still an expression.

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Re:Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432k by hobs on Thursday October 25, 2018 @06:14PM (#18305055)

And an expression can be boring and trite, and we can judge it for being such.

The fact that rich people are willing to pay for some bland expression does not confer anything but monetary value to it. It doesn't become less garbage.

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Re:Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432k by justinator on Thursday October 25, 2018 @08:41PM (#18305879)

"Art is what you can get away with" – Andy Warhol

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Re:Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432k by dagw on Friday October 26, 2018 @06:58AM (#18308160)

And an expression can be boring and trite, and we can judge it for being such.

Sure, but that in itself doesn't make it any less art. Saying "I find this art boring and trite and consider it garbage" is fine. Saying "I find this boring and trite and thus it's garbage and not art" is in my opinion not a valid argument.

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Re:Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432k by gowld on Thursday October 25, 2018 @10:01PM (#18306192)

Pollack made beautifully balanced chaotic patterns, not merely spilled paint.

Cage made a recording of an audience waiting for music. The audience was the work, not the orchestra.

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