AI can replicate human-made art. Here’s why it can never replace it.
TL;DR
A robot tries painting. | Yuliia Volkovska/Getty Images As AI continues to encroach on every aspect of our lives, there is a persistent fear or hope, depending on your angle: AI will someday take over art. The internet is full of quizzes showing that most lay people cannot tell the difference between AI-generated art (digital pictures of paintings, prose) and the real thing.
Nauti's Take
The upside: the fact that AI can convincingly replicate art gives creatives new tools and lowers barriers to entry. The catch: art's perceived value is tightly bound to its human origin, and the moment AI is attached, appreciation drops.
For creatives the takeaway is to use AI as a tool while keeping the human story behind the work visible, because that is exactly what stays irreplaceable.
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