When shown a piece of art that resonated with you, who would you assume created it- a human, with real emotions and tendencies, or generative AI, invented to replicate human knowledge?

 

The Oxford Dictionary definition for the word ‘art’ is ‘ the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination’.

 

Key word- human. 

 

The definition of artificial intelligence is ‘the capability of computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence’.

 

AI is not, and never will be human on any level, no matter how much it can replicate specific acts, which have always required human intelligence. 

 

AI does not have emotions, it does not go through the hardships that human beings all over the world face, day after day. 

 

It does not have a deep history, with ups and downs, and it does not use art for an outlet for all of these things.

 

AI can replicate human arts, such as digital art, paintings, music, literature, poetry, or photography, however many artists believe that it does not have the capacity to create from scratch.

 

To replicate art in a matter of seconds, AI reviews thousands of images, or pieces of music, or text, or photos.

 

It takes aspects of these pieces to create what the person behind the screen wants. 

 

Many people argue that this leads to artwork being stolen, as AI can completely replicate an artist’s style, while no credit is given. 

 

An example of AI coming into humans’ places in widespread art is Tilly Norwood.

 

Tilly Norwood is the first  AI ‘actress’ generated by Xicoia, who has left many Hollywood stars furious. 

 

How can a real person compete in an audition against somebody created by a computer, who doesn't have human flaws as they do? 

 

How can an AI ‘actress’  display emotion, or be relatable to an audience?

 

AI ‘art’ is made for people to get things they want easily and quickly, without using creativity, which is the complete opposite of what art really is. 

 

Art is not always easy and fast, and while it’s subjective, it takes time, challenges, mistakes, learning. 

 

Next time you find yourself on an AI website, ready to type in a prompt for a funny cat video, or for a reference you want to paint, think of these three things:

 

Is this something that you could find on the internet already by searching a little longer?

 

Is this something that you could learn to create by yourself- could you photoshop photos to look how you want, or could you make it yourself with things you already have at home?

 

Or, if you really can not figure out these things, could you commission a artist to bring it to life?

 

Social media has thousands of artists who would love to share their art with you, who only charge a small fee per commission- maybe you could look into them. 

 

There are so many human alternatives to AI involving real people.

 

Choose them, or yourself,  not a computer.