This Week in Focus | Is AI Art Really Art?

My Relationship with AI is... Complicated

Can AI Create True Art or Just a Clever Imitation?

AI-generated art is becoming more sophisticated, but does that mean it can replace human creativity?

No doubt, AI art can generate some visually stunning work. Nobody will argue that AI can make pretty things.

But is AI Art really Art?

This debate is heating up, with some people refusing to even call AI creations “art” at all.

And don’t dare say “AI photography” around certain crowds. That’s pure sacrilege.

I don’t take it too seriously as long as you’re not trying to pass if off as photography.

Like to me, “AI photography” is like “AI painting”. You used AI and made a thing to resemble said art from.

As long as you’re not trying to mislead anyone and we know it’s AI then who cares?

Well some do. They don’t even want you to put the words AI and photography in the same sentence.

Meanwhile, others have embraced AI fully claiming that it is just another tool in the artist’s toolbox.

Me?

My relationship with AI is…

Complicated.

Let’s just say I’ve experimented… call it research. Most of the images you find in this week’s blog post are from my collection: 101 Experiments on OBJKT.

In this post I will look at both camps and will be exploring the difference between AI-generated art and human-created art.