Artificial Intelligence: Can it produce art?

Nowadays, AI occupies our agenda as a form of digital intelligence that is useful in every aspect of our lives, including art. This algorithm, which suddenly entered our lives and raised many questions, has already begun to render many traditional professions ineffective.

One of these, and perhaps at the center of one of the most controversial questions, is the fine arts.

Can AI dominate the fine arts?

To answer this question, we must first look at the definition of fine arts.

What is fine art and what does the artist do?

Fine art is a visual product created by reflecting one’s own feelings as a result of creativity and the desire to produce. This product can be a two-dimensional painting, or it can be composed of any three-dimensional material or materials. The artist, on the other hand, sometimes aims to reflect pure creativity or emotion, and sometimes to encourage the viewer to think by giving a message.

So, to return to our main question: Is AI art really art?

Proponents of AI-generated paintings as a form of art often argue that they meet the criteria for art by stating that artificial intelligence transforms the creativity of the person who asked it to create the image into a visual form. However, AI uses a database of human-made artifacts to create an image, producing a mixture of human-made elements in the final creation. Therefore, the end result cannot be called truly creative, as it cannot fully reflect the image or idea that one has created in one’s mind.

Of course, this does not mean that AI cannot be used for art. With the help of AI, we can generate ideas for the work we want to produce, determine the composition in our minds using the image it creates, or ask it to generate human figures and help us develop our work faster by avoiding the trouble of looking for references. Of course, we can also create visuals for fun, but it is important to realize that the resulting product is not authentically art.

Edited by Rüzgar Kaçmaz
Written by Nisan Coşgun

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