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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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