Re:The Expanding Dark Forest and Generative AI
by dagw on Thursday January 05, 2023 @05:15AM
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I completely agree that anything created by an artist with the intention of being "Art" becomes "Art" the moment it is created. However I do not believe that that is the end of the story. Art is changed by both the context it was created in, its history and even the context it is viewed in and you cannot fully understand and appreciate the art without understanding that context. And as our knowledge and understanding of that context changes (for example by finding out that we have been lied to about the origins or history or piece of art or its artist) then the art changes with it (without ever stopping being art).
The fact that a bajillion people went to see a picture doesn't make it art. It makes it interesting art. It was art the moment it was created and if had never been seen by another person even if they decided to destroy it on the spot.