Art Official Intelligence: On AI And Creativity
This story was originally published at shanepaulneil.com.
I’ll start off by saying this plainly. I’m tired of the AI conversation. In a matter of months, the injection of artificial intelligence into everything from TikTok filters to sex toys has known no bounds. And depending on who you ask it is either the burgeoning of yet another tech revolution or the kickoff to the end of humanity.
Why not both?
Nowhere has AI enveloped the lexicon more than in art. One of the major sticking points of the SAG/AFTRA strike is the AMPTP’s proposed use of AI to scan background actors and use their images in perpetuity without compensation. AI has been used to simulate your favorite singers and rappers performing brand-new songs and covers. And just about every online photography group I frequent is debating on whether or not to allow AI-augmented images to be submitted.
For many, the core of the artificial intelligence debate comes down to who or what is doing the actual creation.
But, as photography has often proved,0 technology is often not the death knell of our vision of what authentic creation looks like.
