Artist refuses prize after his AI image wins at top photo contest

Re:Artist refuses prize after his AI image wins at top photo... by flandish on Saturday April 15, 2023 @03:09PM (#35583609)

AI art is still 100% art. If any of us ever consider coding artistic and inventive, then AI art is also art.

I code. I am also an oil painter. I suck at composition. If I ask an AI to layout a scene, is my meatspace painting less art? ( i have not done that just got the idea..)

AI is a tool in the toolbox.

Is someone who buys paint in tubes cheating because they did not grind lapis and mix it with rapeseed oil?

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Re:Artist refuses prize after his AI image wins at top photo... by robocat on Saturday April 15, 2023 @03:20PM (#35583722)

Ironically photography was historically seen as “not art” by many traditionalists. That background is possibly why a new form of art using different tools triggers them - photographic competitions (anthropomorphically) are maybe just a tad sensitive on the topic?

And the artists “performance” at the ceremony is top quality art (humour, satire, insight, and a reflection on our society).

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