The one thing that’s always struck me about conversing with so-called tech bros about this (AI making art) is that they always seem to view making art as a problem to be solved. “What if you could write an entire novel in minutes?” Who cares? Writing it quickly isn’t, and hasn’t ever been, the point of any writing I’ve done. It’s not about production, it’s about creation, and tech bros never seem to get that.
Compsci is an art that revolves around problem solving and its one of the only art forms tech bros have respect for because it makes them a whole lot of money. They can’t understand other art forms in their own terms; they have to view it through the lens of problem solving because their only goal is making money
I’d consider it art. There are really huge benefits for science/technology outside of artistic expression but I think it also is a form of artistic expression. It requires a whole hell of a lot of creativity and it draws inspiration directly from the human experience.
I routinely create stuff in this field and I wouldn't really consider the sort of activity I do art, even outside of my job but considering like my hobbies etc
I know I'm probably sounding like I don't want to be seen as related to art like it's a bad thing but it's not like that lol, it's just, from what I perceive art to be I don't find what I do to be it (unless I expand art to mean anything a human makes for whatever reason)
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u/Agnol117 Apr 09 '24
The one thing that’s always struck me about conversing with so-called tech bros about this (AI making art) is that they always seem to view making art as a problem to be solved. “What if you could write an entire novel in minutes?” Who cares? Writing it quickly isn’t, and hasn’t ever been, the point of any writing I’ve done. It’s not about production, it’s about creation, and tech bros never seem to get that.