Letter to a Young Artist in the 21st Century
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AI-Generated Art Is a New Frontier of Achievement for Artists
Some say AI-generated art is theft based on the enormous pool of existing artwork that an AI program is trained on. All great artists are constantly inspired by other artists, and this exchange of ideas, methods, and styles is integral to all creative work. If we shift our perspective from seeing AI as competition, and instead see it as a tool, what new frontiers of achievement are possible? A universal truth of art. To be an artist means to be possessed by something unreasonable, and be devoted to something impractical. The unreasonable and impractical nature of art making stands in contradiction to our modern Western way of life, time as money as they say.
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