Can Artificial Intelligence Make Art without Artists? Ask the Viewer

The question of whether machines can make art provokes very different answers from pioneers in the field. Harold Cohen refuses to ascribe creativity to his art-making robot AARON, while Leonel Moura argues that since his “Artbots” generate pictures from emergent properties that could not have been p...

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Published inArts (Basel) Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 35
Main Authors Audry, Sofian, Ippolito, Jon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 18.03.2019
Subjects
Algorithms
Artificial intelligence
Artists
Collaboration
Computers
Conflicts of interest
Copyright
Creativity
Modernity
Robotics
Robots
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Summary:The question of whether machines can make art provokes very different answers from pioneers in the field. Harold Cohen refuses to ascribe creativity to his art-making robot AARON, while Leonel Moura argues that since his “Artbots” generate pictures from emergent properties that could not have been predicted by their creator, “they have at least some degree of creativity.” Although the question of whether machines can be artists seems to fall squarely on our definition of the latter, a solution to this philosophical impasse may ironically lie in redirecting the question away from the artist and toward the viewer.
ISSN:2076-0752
2076-0752
DOI:10.3390/arts8010035