Abstract
With exponential advances in the past year with artificial intelligence (AI) and AI art generators, “The Death of the Artist” has been at the forefront of scholarship in the artworld. With Jasper Art, Night Café, Midjourney, DALL-E 2 and many other art generator tools, the ability for seemingly anyone to create “art” or designs is at hand. On the other hand, these advances are merely another disruption in the history of art and design, as each technological advancement from printmaking to photography to computer-generated art all disrupted a previous definition of the relationship between human concept and agency and technical abilities. However, unlike these earlier disruptions in the field, AI is poised not to replace artists and designers, but to upend their workflow, training, and processes. The lasting impact of this technological advance need be considered beyond criticism and theory and be at the forefront of conversations on curriculum to address this new digital embodiment of vision.
Presenters
James HutsonDepartment Head, Art History and Visual Culture, Lindenwood University, Missouri, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2023 Special Focus: Whose Intelligence? The Corporeality of Thinking Machines
KEYWORDS
AI Art, Artificial Intelligence, Corporeality, Agency, NLP, Text Prompt
