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Re:Show HN: A stream of AI-generated art by thomk on Sunday February 16, 2020 @08:04PM (#22344777)
I agree with you. I think the reason AI hasn't made anything but derivatives is in part because machines are not sentient. 100% of AI is machine learning, there is no heart or conscience.

However art is anything that moves you and the paintings on this website are most definitely moving to me. I find them terrifying and a lot of that has to do with the fact that a machine made them.

There isn't anything really grotesque there. (Grotesque is a blend of horror and empathy. Horror is a scary guy in a mask holding a bloody axe or things jumping out at you. Grotesque is a person maimed.)

This site has, in my opinion, art that is nauseatingly scary. It is scary in part because its soulless and part because it's a mirror of how a machine sees humanity.

Regardless of how it was made, it moved me therefore from my perspective: It is art.

Re:Show HN: A stream of AI-generated art by Fnoord on Monday February 17, 2020 @07:08AM (#22347116)
> 100% of AI is machine learning, there is no heart or conscience.

And, because AI implies heart and/or conscience, ML is a much better term because it is more accurate and describing.

Re:Show HN: A stream of AI-generated art by thomk on Monday February 17, 2020 @08:01AM (#22347358)
Very well stated
Re:Show HN: A stream of AI-generated art by weerd on Sunday February 16, 2020 @08:33PM (#22344865)
There really is something nauseating or repulsive about this. I've had the same feeling with other ML generated images. It's alien and familiar at the same time.
Re:Show HN: A stream of AI-generated art by thomk on Sunday February 16, 2020 @09:43PM (#22345180)
It reminds me of this nightmare that was making the rounds a while back: https://sea.mashable.com/culture/3430/people-cant-figure-out...
Re:Show HN: A stream of AI-generated art by tartoran on Sunday February 16, 2020 @09:45PM (#22345190)
It is only familiar because it was trained on familiar work.