Art is not only a painting, songs on the radio, or some paper with a stick figure drawn; it’s a reflection of a person’s mind, but others suggest that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the future of art.
Recently, AI art has been appearing more and more throughout social media. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell what is AI and what isn’t. The AI art would then be complimented and recognized, when it was actually made by a robot.
Many artists like Ashley Silver have stated similar things when asked if they consider AI “art” to be real art.
“AI art devalues the time and skill it takes to learn art since it might take longer for a real drawing, plus the skills and tools to take it, but at least the art has personality, so it would make it all worth it,” freshman Silver stated.
AI is programmed to create art by using existing art that humans have previously made. Though some artists do not consent to this, it still occurs, and while the AI platforms profit, the creators usually don’t.
“It’s terrible. Imagining how long it took the artists to develop their own way of creating art, I would be devastated,” freshman Elora Cosson explained.
Many people suggest that AI is a more useful and efficient approach to creating art. However, they would then miss the point entirely of what art is. Artists and non-artists have expressed how much emotion they feel when glancing upon an art piece created by human artists. This is not something that could ever be replicated by AI.
“Art is not necessarily about the struggle or the final image, but rather the heart and soul poured into it. Have you ever looked at an art piece and related to it in a way? This is what some artists out there try to do with their work. Sometimes it’s just about the fun of it, and sometimes it’s very deep and serious. It takes time and work to create one’s own from a person. Sure, AI can make it in less than half a minute, but have you ever considered how that might affect other people’s careers revolved around art,” freshman and student artist Evelyn Tartarotti expressed.
